Video Action

ビデオ・アクション

Description

The game allowed two or four players to play tennis, soccer, or hockey. Pong style variants of each game.

Video Action was produced by Universal Research Laboratories, Inc. (URL) in 1974.

Universal Research Laboratories, Inc. (URL) released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Universal Research Laboratories, Inc. (URL) was based in United States.

Other machines made by Universal Research Laboratories, Inc. (URL) during the time period Video Action was produced include: Video Action 2

Specs

Name Video Action
Developer Universal Research Laboratories, Inc. (URL) (United States)
Year 1974
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 10309
Class Wide Release
Genre Ball and Paddle (Non Breakout)
Monitor
  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • Color: Black and White
  • The top glass that the monitor shown through was tinted yellow

Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 4
# Maximum Players 4
Game Play Either
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Rotary: Analog
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Cocktail - cocktail/standard

Game Introduction

A two- or four-player Pong-like game which features the games hockey, tennis, or soccer.

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Cabinet Information

Video Action had an octagon table top, with a vinyl padded base (so you wouldn't bang your knees on the cabinet).

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Video Action Census

There are 16,423 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,001 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 170,961 machines (7,184 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Video Action collectors who are active members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Video Action machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Legacy or Series

  1. Video Action
  2. Video Action 2

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