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F-1 F-1 - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

F-1 - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A mechanical car racing game. Drive against time and one opponent on a round course.

F-1 was produced by Atari/Namco in 1976.

Atari/Namco released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Atari/Namco was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari/Namco during the time period F-1 was produced include:

F-1 - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name F-1
Developer Atari/Namco (United States)
Year 1976
Type Arcade
KLOV/MOG # 7743
Sub-Type Electro-Mechanical
Class Wide Release
Genre Racing
Monitor
  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type:
  • Color: Color
  • Rear-projection screen

Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Gameplay Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls
  • Steering: Wheel
  • Pedals: 1 [Gas]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

F-1 is manufactured by Namco and sold by Atari. It is an early racing game. To make it more fun, the game comes with a large screen. You sit in a small seat and try to race on a round track against only one other car. The big screen lets you forget the simple play. At the time of its release it was quite unique, because of its size.

Game Play

Race against time and one opponent on a circular race track.

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Cabinet Information

The cabinet is a big box with a screen at least 60 inches in diameter and a small driver seat to sit in front of it. It is made of metal with a plastic front screen.

Miscellaneous

The game was quite a success back in its era because of its size. Operators made good money with it. But ""pixel"" games soon caught up with color and more possibilities and made mechanical games obsolete.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op F-1 Census

There are 14,717 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by F-1 collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for F-1.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Technical

Back in 1978/1979, huge monitors were not available so this game uses small two-inch plastic cars and a round translucent race track, about 20 inches in diameter, which are projected on a big TV-like screen by a lamp in the back. The game is electromecanical and very simple. The cars are moved by linkages. In the case of a crash, another lamp projects the picture of a big exploding car on the screen. There´s a fuel gage, which acts like a timer. The advantage is that you have a colorful picture on a large screen. Better than a few black and white pixels on a 19-inch monitor.

Fixes

The only reoccuring problems are sticking linkages and blown light bulbs. The PCBs have few parts. The plastic parts do not last very long, but they can easily be reproduced.

Manuals

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