Kapt'n Krooz'r "kroozes" around the landscape and inside caves shooting monsters and avoiding collisions. Shoot two matching monsters in succession to make them disappear. On higher levels, shooting unmatched monsters creates "mutants".
Wacko was produced by Bally Midway in 1983.
Bally Midway released 96 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Bally Midway was based in United States.
Other machines made by Bally Midway during the time period Wacko was produced include: Baby Pac-Man, Blue Print, Bump 'n Jump, BurgerTime, Earth Friend, Domino Man, Discs Of Tron, Grand Slam (4 player version), Gold Ball, and E2088
Name | Wacko |
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Developer | Bally Midway (United States) |
Year | 1983 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 10390 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Midway MCR II |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player Ambidextrous |
Controls |
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Sound | Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Control Panel | Wacko Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Wacko Side Art Image |
Kapt'n Krooz'r must destroy all monsters on each level to proceed to the next. There are six different monsters to destroy on each level and they include blue lizardmen, black-robed space vampires, yellow two-headed dragons, brown mudmen and red man-monsters.
On later levels, Kapt'n Krooz'r must zap like monsters in sequence or they will become mismatched and he will have to zap the monsters again to unmix them. Each pair of zapped monsters will then turn into babies. Once they have been zapped, the babies will turn into eggs and the eggs will turn into bats.
Kapt'n Krooz'r must zap all the monsters and whatever they each become until they are all destroyed. After that, the player will proceed on to the next level.
Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
Collector Desire | 2.00 |
Gameplay | 5.00 |
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Graphics | 3.00 |
Originality | 3.00 |
Sound/Music | 2.00 |
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Kapt'n Krooz'r" starred in a later game by Bally/Midway called Kozmik Krooz'r.
Wacko has a uniquely designed cabinet -- the marquee and control panel are angled! Instead of being the same height on both sides, the right side of the cabinet is about three inches lower than the left-hand side.
There are 15,220 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,649 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,619 machines (6,982 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 79 known instances of this machine owned by Wacko collectors who are active members. Of these, 76 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 are 3 active VAPS members with a Wacko machines for sale.
Wanted - Popular - There are 12 active VAPS members currently looking for Wacko.
This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 20 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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