Omega Race - Videogame by Midway Manufacturing Co.

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Omega Race

Name: Omega Race
Manufacturer: Midway Manufacturing Co.
Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Space
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Vector
CRT: Black and White
19-inch Electrohome G05

Conversion Class: unique
Game Specific: Omega Race Pinout
Settings: Omega Race Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Rotary: Optical
Buttons: 2 [ThrustFire]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard
Cabaret/Mini
Cocktail
Environmental/Cockpit

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Omega Race Description

Omega Race was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1981.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 124 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Omega Race was produced include Gorf, Kick, Kick-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, Bosconian, Space Encounters, Space Zap, Space Invaders Deluxe, Pac-Man, and Space Invaders II.

Omega Race - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.12 (4 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.24

     Overall 'Like': 3.75
     Fun (Social): 3.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.25
     Collector Desire: 2.75

Technical Impressions Score: 3.02

     Gameplay: 3.25
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 3.33
     Sound/Music: 3.00

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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Cabinet Information

This game was released in four cabinet styles: upright, sit-down, mini, and cocktail. Only the upright and sit-down models feature the blacklight effects. The sit-down model, unlike the others, is for one player only.

In the upright cabinet, the monitor projects the images upward onto a see-through mirror in front of day-glow colored "star-scape" scenery. The scenery is illuminated by a blacklight, with striking results. The cabinet exterior is also notable. The artwork on the normal header marquee is continued on the speaker grill below. The monitor glass has artwork at the sides and bottom, and there is a decorated, lighted "attraction panel" just below the control panel. The lower cabinet also has artwork that depicts spacecraft in battle, which was typical of the "Star Wars"-derived sci-fi artwork of the era.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard
Cabaret/Mini
Cocktail
Environmental/Cockpit

Game Play

Omega Race falls into the general category of Asteroids-type games, but has several unique features that distinguish it. An encoder wheel controller makes the player's ship highly maneuverable. The screen has no "wrap-around" the player's ship bounces upon impact with the walls. Scores and other information are constantly displayed in a rectangle in the center of the screen player and enemy ships occupy the track-like space around the center rectangle. Each wave can be completed quickly, giving the game a more exciting, fast-paced feel than Asteroids.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Omega Race Census

There are 8,462 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 7,010 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 112,007 machines (5,181 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 155 known instances of this machine owned by Omega Race collectors who are active members. Of these, 149 of them are original dedicated machines, and 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with Omega Race machines for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 12 active VAPS members currently looking for Omega Race.

This game ranks a 65 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 26 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Technical

A 3.6V NiCad battery is mounted at the top of the motherboard. This battery will inevitably leak battery acid down the board, destroying many expensive ICs. If you own this game, remove the battery and mount a new one on the inside of the cabinet somewhere, with a lead connecting it to the board. You will be sorry someday if you don't.

Trivia

This was the only vector game made by Midway. Like many games, Omega Race saves initials for high scores. However, it screens out the initials FUK and FUC it will let you enter them, but will not display them again.

Manuals

Service Bulletin LED flashes explained 1 Pages, 190 kB File.
Parts and Operating Manual 116 Pages, 11.6 MB File.

Foto-Finder™ (books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 104; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 104; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips

Omega Race Upright Arcade

Omega Race

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #752
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #753
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #6097
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #6206
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #4842
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #3810
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Omega Race Flyer #4686

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