Thief
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Description
Players drive a car around a maze collecting greenbacks while being pursued by a number of police cars. Use dollar symbols to make your car invincible and put police cars temporarily out of action. The game uses a continuous loop tape with actual police band radio banter.
Thief was produced by Pacific Novelty in 1981.
Pacific Novelty released 8 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Pacific Novelty was based in United States.
Other machines made by Pacific Novelty during the time period Thief was produced include: Deep Death, Shark Attack, Mr. F. Lea, NATO Defense, Pop-A-Ball, and Pop-A-Ball II
Specs
| Name | Thief |
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| Developer | Pacific Novelty (United States) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10086 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Labyrinth/Maze |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| External Device | CTD - Plays background audio |
| Dipswitch Settings | |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Thief Census
There are 15,121 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,610 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,172 machines (6,965 unique titles).
Common - There are 48 known instances of this machine owned by Thief collectors who are active members. Of these, 40 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Thief machines for sale.
Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Thief.
This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 8 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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Flyers
1981
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1981
/ 2 Pages
Manuals
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