The object of the game is to guide a skydiver from a travelling plane to a like-colored ground target. The player must watch the wind speed and direction and judge the target position, plane speed, and duration of freefall before pulling the rip cord. After that, the player must guide the skydiver onto the target by moving the rip cord control either left or right.
Skydiver 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 Skydiver was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Catch, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Orbit, Fire Truck, Sky Raider, Avalanche, and Smokey Joe
Name | Skydiver |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1978 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 9580 |
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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The skydiver jumps from the plane whenever the player pushed the Jump button. The skydiver's parachute is opened when the rip cord is pulled. The rip cord control can be moved either left or right to help guide the diver on to the correct landing pad.
Points are scored for successfully landing on the target. The target point score is determined by the lenghth of freefall -- the longer the fall, the larger the point score. A double bonus score is awarded for spelling "SKYDIVER".
Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 4.25 |
Fun (Solo) | 3.75 |
Collector Desire | 3.25 |
Gameplay | 4.00 |
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Graphics | 3.00 |
Originality | 4.00 |
Sound/Music | 2.40 |
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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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 Skydiver collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Skydiver machine for sale.
Wanted - There are 9 active VAPS members currently looking for Skydiver.
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 13 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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