Avalanche

Description

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

Specs

Name	Avalanche
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6976
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Skill
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay Multicolored overlay
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Buttons: 1 - Serve Rotary: Analog
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Avalanche Control Panel Image

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!"

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

Fun Factor: 5.00

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

Technical Rating: 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.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Avalanche Census

There are 14,970 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,553 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 165,388 machines (6,943 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Avalanche collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 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.

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

Flyers

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual with illustrated parts lists - Avalanche Manual — **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 Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 65; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright

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