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Armored Car Armored Car - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Armored Car - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Overhead view of city streets that you drive a money van armoured car through as it scrolls from right to left. Some intersections are marked with directions. You pick up money to deliver to banks while avoiding criminals by dropping saw horses in roadway. Fuel levels must be replenished at gas stations along the way.

Armored Car was produced by Stern Electronics in 1981.

Stern Electronics released 67 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Stern Electronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Armored Car was produced include: Ali, Astro Invader, Berzerk, Nine Ball, Star Gazer, Lightning, Moon War, Freefall, Split Second, and Iron Maiden

Specs

Name Armored Car
Developer Stern Electronics (United States)
Year 1981
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6926
Class Wide Release
Genre Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor
Conversion Class Konami Classic
Game Specific Armored Car Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Armored Car Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 - Second GearSaw Horse
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Armored Car KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

Programmers were Chris Oberth and Gunar Lictis.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Armored Car Census

There are 14,773 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,482 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,618 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Armored Car collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

Board is marked Konami L-1200-2B Same as Super Cobra. 2 Level with 1 34 pin ribbon cable connector.

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