A snowmobile racing game from Midway.
Arctic Thunder was produced by Midway Games in 2001.
Midway Games released 53 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Midway Games was based in United States.
Other machines made by Midway Games during the time period Arctic Thunder was produced include: Gauntlet Dark Legacy, Offroad Thunder, Blitz 2000 NBA Showtime combo console, Cart Fury, Sport Station, Grid, The, Ultimate Arctic Thunder, delete, and San Francisco Rush 2049 Special Edition
Name | Arctic Thunder |
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Developer | Midway Games (United States) |
Year | 2001 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 6906 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Racing |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 4 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Pick from six snowmobile riders and six tracks to race on. During the race, the player can pick up power-ups, ranging from boosts to atomic snowballs.
During the race, pick up power-ups to use against your opponets. The tracks have many shortcuts and free falls, just like in Hydro Thunder. Four cabinets can be linked up for head-to-head play.
Overall Like |
3.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
Collector Desire | 3.00 |
Gameplay | 4.00 |
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Graphics | 4.00 |
Originality | 3.00 |
Sound/Music | 2.00 |
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Pressing the attack button while selecting rider allows you to mix and match the sled and rider of your choice. Pressing Start and Attack on the track select screen will toggle 'no drone' mode and a harder difficulty setting. All three apply for one race only.
There are at least two different cabinets available: a standard cabinet as pictured, and a deluxe cabinet with seat/controls/platform and monitor as separate units.
This game is part of Midway's 'Thunder' series of racing games.
There are 15,165 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,628 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,322 machines (6,975 unique titles).
Common - There are 45 known instances of this machine owned by Arctic Thunder collectors who are active members. Of these, 42 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Arctic Thunder machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Arctic Thunder circuit board for sale.
Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Arctic Thunder.
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 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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Year | Count | Median $ | Average $ |
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2015 | 19 | 287.50 | 370.72 |
2016 | 34 | 115.00 | 158.97 |
2017 | 39 | 88.50 | 154.90 |
2018 | 16 | 118.00 | 107.68 |
All Years | 108 | 118.00 | 187.15 |