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Cruis'n USA
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Name: Cruis'n USA Developer: Midway Games Year: 1994 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Midway Digital Compression System (DCS) - Amplified Mono
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Cruis'n USA DescriptionRace across various cities in the US against 9 other cars. One of the other cars may be controlled by another person if two machines are linked. Emphasis is more on fun versus being a real driving simulator.Cruis'n USA was produced by Midway Games in 1994. Midway Games released 53 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Other machines made by Midway Games during the time period Cruis'n USA was produced include Killer Instinct, Revolution X - Aerosmith, Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3, Mortal Kombat 3, 2 On 2 Open Ice Challenge, Mortal Kombat II, NBA Jam, NBA Jam Tournament Edition, Judge Dredd, and Mortal Kombat. Cruis'n USA - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.64 (10 votes)
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. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe game was released in upright, sit-down, and full motion cabinets. The upright and sit-down machines support linked play, up to a two game maximum.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsOn the car selection screen, choose a car and then hold all three view buttons down to reveal the secret vehicles that can also be selected.MiscellaneousLICENSOR: Nintendo (Software, graphics, hardware designed mostly by Midway. Manufactured and sold by Midway Manufacturing under license).VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Cruis'n USA CensusThere are 12,127 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,620 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,035 machines (6,847 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 206 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 63 of these machines are owned by our active Cruis'n USA collectors. And of these, 53 are original dedicated machines, and 10 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Cruis'n USA machine for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with extra Cruis'n USA circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Cruis'n USA. This game ranks a 28 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalSOUND: ADSP2150There may have been a hard drive used in this game since the game's boot-up routine uses FTP. TriviaDesign team leader: Eugene Jarvis of Vid Kidz fame, who also created Defender. With other member Larry DeMar, Vid Kidz created Stargate (Defender's sequel), Robotron: 2084, and Blaster.Legacy
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Cruis'n USA Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Midway Games for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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