Zippy Race - Videogame by Irem

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Zippy Race

Name: Zippy Race
Developer: Irem

Year: 1983
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Racing
Monitor:

Orientation: Vertical
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Irem

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
Buttons: 2 [Low|High]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

Zippy Race Description

Drive a motorcycle across America. The waypoints are major cities.

Zippy Race was produced by Irem in 1983.

Irem released 87 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Zippy Race was produced include Traverse USA, Tropical Angel, Lode Runner, Spartan X, Battle-Road, Moon Patrol, Panther, Demoneye-X, Red Alert, and Andromeda.

Zippy Race - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.23 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 2.20

     Overall 'Like': 2.00
     Fun (Social): 2.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.00
     Collector Desire: 2.00

Technical Impressions Score: 2.25

     Gameplay: 2.00
     Graphics: 2.00
     Originality: 3.00
     Sound/Music: 2.00

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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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Traverse USA

This is also the same game as MotoRace USA, which was licensed to Williams for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Zippy Race Census

There are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Common - There are approximately 26 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 10 of these machines are owned by our active Zippy Race collectors. And of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit)., and 9 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 Zippy Race circuit board for sale.

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

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 7 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]

Trivia

A DIP switch on this game can change the title to either Traverse USA or Zippy Race.

Manuals

Pinout 1 Pages, 412 kB File.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Zippy Race Flyer #5977

eBay Listings

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Zippy Race

	1. IREM Zippy Race Arcade Game Board Auction ends in: 1 week, 3 days
	FixedPrice	$217.55
	2. Traverse USA Zippy Race Arcade bootleg PCB Game Auction ends in: 1 week, 3 days
	FixedPrice	$135.00
	3. Zippy Race (AKA MotoRace USA) Arcade PCB - WORKING - B6 Auction ends in: 4 days, 21 hours
	FixedPrice	$119.99
	4. Traverse USA (Zippy Race) *** Arcade PCB Board Game Board Board ORIGINAL IREM Auction ends in: 3 days, 1 hour
	FixedPrice	$299.00
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