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Free Kick

Name: Free Kick
Manufacturer: Nihon System
Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Monitor:

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

Settings: Free Kick Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Rotary: Optical
Buttons: 1 [Release Ball]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Free Kick Description

Free Kick was produced by Nihon System in 1987.

Nihon System released 3 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1986.

Other machines made by Nihon System during the time period Free Kick was produced include Sky Smashers, and Omega.

A soccer-like ball and paddle game. The US version was distributed by Merit.

Free Kick - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.68 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 2.60

     Overall 'Like': 3.00
     Fun (Social): 3.00
     Fun (Solo): 2.00
     Collector Desire: 2.00

Technical Impressions Score: 2.75

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 2.00
     Originality: 2.00
     Sound/Music: 4.00

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.

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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Free Kick Census

There are 12,158 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,544 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 160,082 machines (6,700 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are approximately 19 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 10 of these machines are owned by our active Free Kick collectors. And of these, 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 an extra Free Kick 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 4 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]

Manuals

Manual 4 Pages, 253 kB File.

Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Free Kick Flyer #2114
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Free Kick Flyer #4137

eBay Listings

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Free Kick

	1. FREE KICK arcade video game manual Auction ends in: 6 days, 10 hours
	FixedPrice	$14.49
	2. FREE KICK pcb non-working Auction ends in: 2 weeks, 5 days
	FixedPrice	$45.00
	3. Free Kick Arcade Manual Original Merit Video Game Service Repair Guide 1987 Auction ends in: 2 weeks, 4 days
	FixedPrice	$13.60
	4. FREE KICK Original Arcade marquee flexi Auction ends in: 3 weeks, 1 day
	FixedPrice	$45.00
	5. Midway Kick Man Original Operating Manual Arcade. Sold as-is. Free Shipping! Auction ends in: 1 week, 5 hours
	FixedPrice	$29.95
	6. Megatouch Live (ML1, ML-1) Hard Drive Repair Service Fix Boot Errors - Free Eval Auction ends in: 1 week, 4 days
	FixedPrice	$49.99
	7. Original FREE KICK Arcade Game INSTALLATION & OPERATION INSTRUCTIONS MANUAL Auction ends in: 1 week, 3 days
	FixedPrice	$10.00
	8. Free Kick Arcade Game Manual Auction ends in: 1 week, 5 hours
	FixedPrice	$4.99
	9. Original 1988 ad 11- 8 1/4” Free Kick Merit arcade video game AD FLYER Auction ends in: 2 weeks, 4 days
	FixedPrice	$7.49
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