The player controls a space ship in three different solar systems. Each solar system consists of a home base, a death star, a red alien planet and four regular planets. Each planet has its own unique terrain.
Gravitar was produced by Atari in 1982.
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 Gravitar was produced include: Neutron Star, Tempest Tubes, Tempest, Triangle, Maze Invaders, Akka Arrh, Atari Force Liberator, Fast Freddie, Black Widow, and Kangaroo
Name | Gravitar |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1982 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8000 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Atari Color Vector |
Game Specific | Gravitar Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Gravitar Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Gravitar Side Art Image |
Overall Like |
4.11 |
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Fun (Social) | 3.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 3.89 |
Collector Desire | 4.44 |
Gameplay | 4.10 |
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Graphics | 4.11 |
Originality | 4.00 |
Sound/Music | 3.11 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
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Depending on the highest score, one of eight list names appears above the table of initials: FLUNKY 0- 20,000, GUNNER 20,001- 40,000, CO-PILOT 40,001- 80,000, PILOT 80,001-100,000, ACE PILOT 100,001-200,000, KILLER PILOT 200,001-400,000, PONTIUS PILATE 400,001-800,000, GOTTA-BE-LUCKY above 800,000.
This board set can be converted to Black Widow by a simple swap of ROMs.
There are 15,179 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 166,375 machines (6,974 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 263 known instances of this machine owned by Gravitar collectors who are active members. Of these, 230 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 30 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with a Gravitar machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Gravitar circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - Popular - There are 24 active VAPS members currently looking for Gravitar. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Gravitar circuit board set.
This game ranks a 58 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 43 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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This boardset uses the same wiring as Space Duel, except for the controls. So, for testing purposes, a Gravitar PCB could be plugged directly into a Space Duel cabinet.
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Year | Count | Median $ | Average $ |
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2015 | 1 | 460.00 | 460.00 |
2017 | 1 | 1,207.50 | 1,207.50 |
All Years | 2 | 833.75 | 833.75 |