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Arabian
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4,675 Videogames: 0-9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Manufacturers | Top 100 Videogames | See All 18,125 International Arcade Museum coin-operated listings
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Manufacturer:
Atari Year: 1983 Class: Wide Release Genre: Platform Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Arabian DescriptionYou play an adventurous Arabian prince and your goal is to rescue the princess from her palace. In your quest you will sail the seas, crawl in caves and fly magic carpets. Score points on the way for picking up the letters in "A-R-A-B-I-A-N" and get a bonus if they are collected in order.Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsBUG: Pixels are missing from the top of the 5. This is a fault common to the code of the original ROMs on all of the boards (both Sun and Atari).Game IntroductionArabian is a "Video book" with a happy ending. The attract mode introduces the story, and animated storybook "pages" let you experience the Arabian Prince's adventures. Use the 8-way joystick to jump, super-jump, walk, crawl or climb in all directions. Tap the Kick button to boot your enemies out of the way.Game PlayThe player controls a young Arabian Prince who must rescue his Princess from the castle tower where she is being held prisoner. Evil Genies in brass jugs that throw deadly smokeballs, swooping Rocs and purple ghostly creatures (called Oscars) will try to stop the hero along the way. Sometimes Rocs and Oscars will come together to form Super Rocs or Super Oscars who will be more dangerous, but these enemies are also worth a greater amount of points.The Prince scores points for kicking Oscars or Rocs, picking up lettered jugs and spelling A-R-A-B-I-A-N. When The Prince picks up the jugs, he must only pick one up while a Genie is still inside or when a Genie is beginning to materialize. The Prince must not pick up a jug while a Genie is above it and fully-materialized or else he will die. The Prince loses a life when he gets hit by a smokeball thrown by a Genie, falls off either a ledge, flying carpet or vine, or gets caught (touched) by a Genie, Oscar, or Roc. MiscellaneousLICENSOR: Sun Electronics CorporationVAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,975 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,013 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,105 machines (3,796 unique titles).Common - There are 22 known instances of this machine owned by Arabian collectors who are members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines, and 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 2 VAPS members with Arabian machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - There is one VAPS member currently looking for Arabian. There is one VAPS member looking for a Arabian circuit board set. This game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe original boardset contains an on-board sound amplifier that is able to drive a speaker directly. However, since Atari had been using their Audio/Regulator II boards in almost all of their games at the time, the board's sound output level was turned down and the audio was amplified again by the ARII board. Later board revisions output the correct Atari audio levels.Manuals
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