Avalanche - Videogame by Atari

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Avalanche

Name: Avalanche
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1978
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Skill
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Multicolored overlay

Conversion Class: unique

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

Buttons: 1 [Serve]
Rotary: Analog

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Avalanche Control Panel Image

Avalanche Description

Avalanche was produced by Atari in 1978.

Atari released 139 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972.

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

Players try to catch a number of falling rocks with a set of controllable paddles.

Avalanche - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 5.00 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 5.00

     Overall 'Like': 5.00
     Fun (Social): 5.00
     Fun (Solo): 5.00
     Collector Desire: 5.00

Technical Impressions Score: 5.00

     Gameplay: 5.00
     Graphics: 5.00
     Originality: 5.00
     Sound/Music: 5.00

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 Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Play

The player moves the paddles back and forth to catch falling rocks. The paddles decrease as the rows of rocks decrease. The size of the paddles decrease as the size of the rocks decrease. The game play is very similar to the Atari 2600 game "KABOOM!"

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Avalanche Census

There are 12,083 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,498 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 158,935 machines (6,672 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are approximately 13 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 7 of these machines are owned by our active Avalanche collectors. And of these, 6 are original dedicated machines, and one is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Avalanche.

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

This game ranks a 7 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]

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual with illustrated parts lists 104 Pages, 9.2 MB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 65; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 65; Color photo; Price guide:

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Avalanche Flyer #87

eBay Listings

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	1. Vintage/Original AtarI AVALANCHE Arcade Video Game Sales Flyer Auction ends in: 3 weeks, 6 days
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