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Armor Attack

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Name: Armor Attack
Manufacturer: Cinematronics
Year: 1980
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Vector
  • CRT: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class: Cinematronics BW Vector
Settings: Armor Attack Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Either
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

  • Buttons: Rotational (left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 [ForwardFire]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
  • Cocktail
Armor Attack


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Armor Attack Description

Armor Attack was produced by Cinematronics in 1980.

Cinematronics released 33 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976.

Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period Armor Attack was produced include Rip Off, Star Castle, Solar Quest, Boxing Bugs, Jack The Giantkiller, Sundance, Tail Gunner, Space Wars, Starhawk, and Embargo.

The game offers a bird's eye view of a war-torn city, the jeep you are driving, and the tanks and helicopters you are trying to destroy. It uses a black and white vector monitor and a color overlay.

Armor Attack - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.57 (5 votes)

 Personal Impressions Score: 4.10

     Overall 'Like': 4.25
     Fun (Social): 4.50
     Fun (Solo): 3.50
     Collector Desire: 4.00 
Technical Impressions Score: 3.65

     Gameplay: 4.75
     Graphics: 4.50
     Originality: 4.25
     Sound/Music: 3.20

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 Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard
Cocktail

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Armor Attack Census

There are 12,097 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,507 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 159,184 machines (6,676 unique titles).

Very Common - There are approximately 108 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 52 of these machines are owned by our active Armor Attack collectors. And of these, 47 are original dedicated machines, and 5 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 Armor Attack machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Armor Attack.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 37 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 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]

Foto-Finder® (books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 116; Color photo;
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 116; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips


    Cinematronics Armor Attack (1981)

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Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Armor Attack Flyer #63    
  2. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Armor Attack Flyer #1728    
  3. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Armor Attack Flyer #3490    

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1. ARMOR ATTACK ARCADE MACHINE by CINEMATRONICS 1980 (Excellent Condition) *RARE*

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10. original 1981 11- 8.5'' Armor Attack Cinematronics arcade video game AD FLYER

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