Road Runner

Description

A shooting game that takes place in a desert where players try to shoot roadrunners, buzzards and other animals. It is the same game as Midway's Desert Gun with only slightly different back glass and cabinet graphics.

Road Runner was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1977.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 133 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Road Runner was produced include: Tornado Baseball, Datsun 280 Zzzap dup, Sea Wolf, 280 ZZZAP, Amazing Maze, Guided Missile, Desert Gun, Boot Hill, Checkmate, and Double Play

Specs

Name	Road Runner
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1977
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9339
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Gun: Positional with trigger
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Road Runner Bezel Image
Side Art	Road Runner Side Art Image
PCB	Road Runner PCB Image

Video Clips

Midway's Road Runner/Desert Gun arcade Review

Road Runner KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.93 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.60

Overall Like	3.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	4.00

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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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Road Runner Census

There are 14,774 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,483 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,626 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Road Runner collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Road Runner circuit board for sale.

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

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.

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

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 53; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 53; Color photo

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