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Car Action
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Name: Car Action Manufacturer: Unknown Year: 1983 Type: Videogame Class: Bootleg
Game Specific: Car Action Pinout Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Car Action DescriptionA driving game where you jump or bump enemy cars for points. Bonus are awarded for completing levels without hitting any cars.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsIf you can finish a level without destroying any cars, you will receive a 50000 point bonus. Try bumping cars only when they are behind you as you will not lose any speed you will usually speed up, in fact and you will not lose as much control either. When jumping gaps in the road, if you can manage to land on one of the small islands, you'll get a 1000 point bonus.Game IntroductionJoin "Jumpin' John" as he goes cruisin' up the road bumping, jumping, and smashing cars. Aside from the cars, you must avoid the sides of the road, breaks in the road which are usually over water, and rocks in the road which can sometimes be dumped by certain vehicles. Each level is based on a season Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter except the first level which seems to have no name. After Winter, it cycles back to Spring again with each level becoming successively harder. When you finish a level, you will pull up to a gas pump that has an icon showing the next level. A flowering tree shows Spring is coming up, a life preserver indicates Summer, a tree with no leaves says Fall is next, and a snowman means Winter is on the way. According to the game, there are 32 unique levels but they do not roll over back to the first level after level 32.Game PlayThe joystick controls the movement and speed of the car. By increasing speed, you not only go faster, but you get the ability to jump after your speed passes 100. The faster you go, the better control the car seems to have. Your car's speed tops out at 220. The big breaks in the road are signaled by a warning exclamation point sign that flashes at the top center of the screen and beeps. Be prepared to jump when you see this. Bumping the cars around you will bounce you in the opposite direction of the bump and can also speed or slow you down based on that direction. The faster your car goes, the less control you seem to lose.MiscellaneousCOPY OF: Burnin' RubberVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Car Action CensusThere are 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,567 machines (6,538 unique titles).Uncommon - There are 16 known instances of this machine owned by Car Action collectors who are active members. Of these, 16 of them are only 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. This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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