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Challenger

Description

Challenger was produced by Centuri in 1981.

Centuri released 14 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Centuri was based in United States.

Other machines made by Centuri during the time period Challenger was produced include: Eagle, Killer Comet, Phoenix, Battle Station, Pit, The, Pleiades, Route 16, Vanguard, and Loco-Motion

Specs

Name	Challenger
Developer	Centuri (United States)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7305
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Dipswitch Settings	Challenger Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 3 - FireSuper BombWarp
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Challenger Bezel Image
Control Panel	Challenger Control Panel Image
Side Art	Challenger Side Art Image

Video Clips

Challenger Arcade Game (1981 GamePlan, Licensed to Centuri)

Challenger shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Introduction

Destroy the asteroids to clear the stage. Shoot or avoid the enemies that are harrassing you.

Unlike other Space Invaders-type games from the same era, this game allowed you to be oriented at the top of the screen as well as the bottom.

Game Play

Pressing Warp will transpose you to the top or bottom of the screen. A blue vehicle of some sort will come out during a wave with a number in it. Docking with it once it has stopped moving will give you a bonus as the number goes down towards zero.

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

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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Miscellaneous

LICENSED BY: GamePlan

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Challenger Census

There are 14,769 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 164,617 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 20 known instances of this machine owned by Challenger collectors who are active members. Of these, 17 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Challenger machine for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Challenger.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Flyers

Manuals

Service Manual - Challenger Manual — **Service Manual**
(50 pages, 4.7 MB File)

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