Atomic Boy - Videogame by Irem

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Atomic Boy

Name: Atomic Boy
Developer: Irem

Year: 1985
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Irem
Game Specific: Atomic Boy Pinout
Settings: Atomic Boy Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Atomic Boy PCB Image

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

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

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

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.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Atomic Boy 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 10 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 6 of these machines are owned by our active Atomic Boy collectors. And of these, 6 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 Atomic Boy 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 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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