Museum of the Game ®

International Arcade Museum® — Killer List of Videogames®

Nibbler

Description

A maze game where a snake nibbles pieces of food in its path. The snake grows longer every time it eats and if it runs into itself, it crashes and starts all over again. Eating all the food on the screen moves to the next level.

Nibbler was produced by Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. in 1983.

Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. released 258 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1928. Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. during the time period Nibbler was produced include: Survival, QB-3, Pioneer Balloon, Mermaid, Eyes, Levers, Rocket Racer, 490 Supersound, Model 7000-1X Legend SyberSonic Jukebox, and Encore

Specs

Name	Nibbler
Developer	Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. (United States)
Year	1983
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8864
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Nibbler Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Nibbler Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Arcade speedrun Nibbler [1982] 50.000 points former World Record 4:38.570 by Iva

Nibbler shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Nibbler KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.57 (13 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.71

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	2.46
Fun (Solo)	4.08
Collector Desire	3.50

Technical Rating: 3.42

Gameplay	3.92
Graphics	3.08
Originality	3.92
Sound/Music	2.54

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.

More pictures

Miscellaneous

Nibbler's score display can show up to 10 digits. Currently, only one player has officially ever made use of that 10th digit - Tim McVey.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Nibbler Census

There are 14,754 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 99 known instances of this machine owned by Nibbler collectors who are active members. Of these, 40 of them are original dedicated machines. 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 54 of them 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 Nibbler machine for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Nibbler circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Nibbler.

This game ranks a 20 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Technical

The logic board appears to be the same as Rock-Ola's Fantasy.

Manuals

Service Manual and Parts Catalog - Nibbler Manual — **Service Manual and Parts Catalog**
(45 pages, 4.6 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated

eBay Listings

Click to search eBay for Nibbler Videogame machines and related items.

Click to search eBay for Rock-Ola Mfg. Corp. for machines and parts.

When you click on links below to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Such revenue helps to fund this site's operations. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

TOP WATCHED LISTINGS FOR: Nibbler