Armored Car - Videogame by Stern Electronics

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Armored Car

Name: Armored Car
Developer: Stern Electronics

Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Konami Classic
Game Specific: Armored Car Pinout
Settings: Armored Car Dipswitch Settings

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

Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
Buttons: 2 [Second GearSaw Horse]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Armored Car Description

Overhead view of city streets that you drive a money van armoured car through as it scrolls from right to left. Some intersections are marked with directions. You pick up money to deliver to banks while avoiding criminals by dropping saw horses in roadway. Fuel levels must be replenished at gas stations along the way.

Armored Car was produced by Stern Electronics in 1981.

Stern Electronics released 67 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Armored Car was produced include Lightning, Moon War, Freefall, Split Second, Iron Maiden, Ali, Star Gazer, Berzerk, Astro Invader, and Nine Ball.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Armored Car 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).

Uncommon - There are approximately 7 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 5 of these machines are owned by our active Armored Car collectors. And of these, 4 are original dedicated machines, and one is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

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 1 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]

Technical

Board is marked Konami L-1200-2B Same as Super Cobra. 2 Level with 1 34 pin ribbon cable connector.

Trivia

Programmers were Chris Oberth and Gunar Lictis.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Armored Car Flyer #1884

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Armored Car - Title screen image