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Up'n Down Up'n Down - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Up'n Down - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

3/4 view of your VW bug. You must run over the colored flags to clear the level. You can also jump on the opposing cars. On higher levels each time you run over a flag the color changes back. Watch out for open bridges and broken highways.

Up'n Down was produced by Sega in 1983.

Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Up'n Down was produced include: Character Cabinets, Oh Shou Serizawa 8dan no Tsume-Shougi, Zoom 909, Zektor, Tac/Scan, Astron Belt, Champion Baseball, Champion Baseball 2, Champion Boxing, and Commando (Sega)

Specs

Name Up'n Down
Developer Sega (United States)
Year 1983
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 10273
Class Wide Release
Genre Racing
Monitor
Conversion Class Midway Flicky
Game Specific Up'n Down Pinout
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
  • Cocktail

Up'n Down KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.38 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.27

Overall Like 3.67
Fun (Social) 4.00
Fun (Solo) 3.33
Collector Desire 3.50

Technical Rating: 4.75

Gameplay 4.50
Graphics 4.50
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.

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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Pengo makes a guest appearance in this game if you manage to pass the first four rounds in under a minute each. The penguin will appear in the water of round five riding a surf-board.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Up'n Down Census

There are 15,174 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 166,343 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Common - There are 41 known instances of this machine owned by Up'n Down collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 28 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 an extra Up'n Down circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Up'n Down.

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 5 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

Foto-Finder® (Books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 186; Color photo Price guide: No
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 186; Color photo

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