Orbit

Description

Two players. Each player controls his/her spaceship (shaped like the Star Trek Enterprise and Klingon ships) trying to destroy each other's ship. One hit will either partially or completely destroy the others ship. If partially, and space stations are selected you can repair and rearm your ship to go back for revenge. This game is timed so there is no limit on the number of ships you can have.

Orbit was produced by Atari in 1978.

Atari released 136 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Orbit was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Catch, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Sky Raider, Fire Truck, Skydiver, Avalanche, and Smokey Joe

Specs

Name	Orbit
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8929
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Orbit Bezel Image

Video Clips

Atari Orbit Game Play

Orbit 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.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Orbit Census

There are 14,753 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Orbit collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. 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 an extra Orbit circuit board for sale.

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

This game ranks a 3 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

Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual - Orbit Manual — **Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual**
(95 pages, 7.9 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 66; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 66; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated

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