Atomic Boy

Description

Climb around lattice of pipes to deactivate power switches for main computer while avoiding robots. Jump on generators to send out disrupters and kill robots.

Atomic Boy was produced by Irem in 1985.

Irem released 87 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Irem was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Atomic Boy was produced include: Battle-Road, Spartan X, Kung Fu, Lode Runner, Lode Runner - The Bungeling Strikes Back, Spelunker II, Lot Lot, Spelunker, Lode Runner - Majin No Fukkatsu, and Lode Runner - Golden Labyrinth

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Specs

Name	Atomic Boy
Developer	Irem (Japan)
Year	1985
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6965
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Irem
Game Specific	Atomic Boy Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Atomic Boy Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Atomic Boy PCB Image

Game Play

Five level vertically scrolling platformer. Climb around a lattice of conduits while avoiding robots. Kill robots by jumping on generators and sending out disrupters. Each generator has a limited number of disrupter shots. Normal robots can become super robots by passing through generators. Super robots can only be destroyed with two disrupter shots and then touching them.

Atomic Boy KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Atomic Boy Census

There are 14,752 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Atomic Boy collectors who are active members. Of these, 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Atomic Boy circuit boards 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.

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Manuals

Atomic Boy Manual - Atomic Boy Manual — **Atomic Boy Manual**
(16 pages, 1.24 MB File)

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