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MotoRace USA
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Name: MotoRace USA Developer: Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) Year: 1983 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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MotoRace USA DescriptionA motorcycle that is controlled by a joystick dodges cars. The goal is to make it to different cities. Different views are directly above the cycle in one stage, and behind and slightly up in another.MotoRace USA was produced by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) in 1983. Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) released 215 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Other machines made by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) during the time period MotoRace USA was produced include Blaster, Roller Aces, Joust Pinball, Star Rider, Rat Race, Bubbles, Thunderball, Joust, Robotron: 2084, and Varkon. Cabinet InformationThe cabinet is a standard Williams type with a dirt bike and rider doing a wheelie stenciled on the side.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game PlayYou start from Los Angeles, making refueling stops in Las Vegas, Houston, St. Louis, and Chicago, and wind up in fabulous New York City, your final destination.You drive down the L.A. freeway, through the Vegas desert, over the Texas roadways, in and out of the Midwest backwoods, and around the treacherous curves of the industrial megalopolis of the East Coast. Obstacles include cars, trees, puddles, rivers, bends in the road, rocks, trucks that drop barrels, and cactus. The game is viewed from above the motorcycle, until you approach any one of the cities. Then it is time for the first person perspective 3-D graphics to take over. To the right of the game a score table indicates how much fuel is left, how far between the cities your bike is, the cycle's speed in miles per hour, and your present ranking in the best scores of the day. Once you reach a city, you get a bonus score for your speed ranking from 20,000 points for being number one to zero for a poor ranking, and a bonus for fuel that is left over. At this point, you gain a little more fuel and take off again. You can gain additional fuel at random places on the route as well as bonus points for taking narrow paths or bridges (the values are indicated on the board); for doing wheelies (by driving over white strips on highways that are marked "wheelies"); or jumping over rivers (marked "jump"). You can crash as often as you like, but you can lose a substantial amount of fuel when you do. If you run out of fuel, the game ends. But continuous play is available. You begin the trip with 500 CCs, but the fuel is used quickly. The Throttle button revs up the engine convincingly, and the Brake button feels like the real thing. The highlights on the trip are the identifying details for the different geographical areas, such as the palm trees in California, cactus in Nevada, and the picture postcard cities on the horizon as the motorcycle approaches.Once you reach New York, "VIVA N.Y." flashes, The Statue Of Liberty waves, and "The Star-Spangled Banner" plays. The game starts all over again from L.A., with a higher speed bike, and you are awarded a full tank of gas. MiscellaneousLICENSOR: IremThe game is also known as Traverse USA and Zippy Race. VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op MotoRace USA CensusThere 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).Common - There are approximately 40 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 18 of these machines are owned by our active MotoRace USA collectors. And of these, 11 are original dedicated machines, and 7 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 MotoRace USA circuit board for sale. Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for MotoRace USA. This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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