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Surf Planet Surf Planet - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Surf Planet - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A first-person 3-D snowboarding game from Gaelco.

Surf Planet was produced by Gaelco in 1997.

Gaelco released 25 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1990. Gaelco was based in Spain.

Other machines made by Gaelco during the time period Surf Planet was produced include: Speed Up, Biomechanical Toy, World Rally 2, Touch And Go, Thunder Hoop III, Snow Board Championship, Bang!, Radikal Bikers, Football Power, and Rolling Extreme

Specs

Name Surf Planet
Developer Gaelco (Spain)
Year 1997
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9980
Class Wide Release
Genre Sports
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Game Play Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Surf Planet Control Panel Image
Side Art Surf Planet Side Art Image

Surf Planet KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.92 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 1.25

Overall Like 1.00
Fun (Social) 1.00
Fun (Solo) 2.00
Collector Desire 0.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 4.00
Originality 4.00
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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Surf Planet Census

There are 15,189 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,634 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,424 machines (6,978 unique titles).

Common - There are 49 known instances of this machine owned by Surf Planet collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 34 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Surf Planet machines for sale. There are 7 active VAPS members with a Surf Planet circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Surf Planet.

This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 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

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Upright (39 Inch Screen) (u472259b9-3878-47f1-bdff-7b83e56d1317)
  2. 3D Model (External): Upright (Dynamo Cabinet) (u130166ed-e96b-4cb0-9e68-b49b446cf4ce)

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Untested Surf Planet Arcade Game PCB board

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Surf Planet Arcade Filter Board PCB. PN A-22317. New Old Stock.

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GAELCO SURF PLANET Arcade Game JOYSTICK #1144 - AS IS - WORKING

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Surf Planet Arcade Game PCB Board and Manual. Machine worked when removed

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Surf Planet With used Jamma WORKING ARCADE GAME PCB BOARD CShd-1

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Surf Planet Arcade game 2 way Flight Stick. Removed from working game.

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Original Surf Planet Kit Atari arcade Video game manual

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Surf Planet Arcade Marquee 26" x 8"

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GAELCO/Atari SURF PLANET Arcade Game Instruction sticker-Gaelco 1997-NOS

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Auctions Recap

Year Count Median $ Average $
2018 1 295.00 295.00
All Years 1 295.00 295.00

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