Players try to catch a number of falling rocks with a set of controllable paddles.
Avalanche was produced by Atari in 1978.
Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari during the time period Avalanche was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Catch, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Sky Raider, Orbit, Skydiver, Fire Truck, and Smokey Joe
Name | Avalanche |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1978 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 6976 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Skill |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Avalanche Control Panel Image |
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!"
Overall Like |
5.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 5.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 5.00 |
Collector Desire | 5.00 |
Gameplay | 5.00 |
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Graphics | 5.00 |
Originality | 5.00 |
Sound/Music | 5.00 |
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There are 15,177 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,346 machines (6,974 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Avalanche collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Avalanche.
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 seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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