River Patrol
![River Patrol - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji]()
Description
Navigate your tug boat up stream while avoiding various obstacles. Rescue the drowning victims.
River Patrol was produced by Kersten in 1981.
Kersten released only 1 machine in our database under this trade name. Kersten was based in United States.
Other machines made by Kersten during the time period River Patrol was produced include:
Specs
| Name | River Patrol |
|---|---|
| Developer | Kersten (United States) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9329 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Platform |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| PCB | River Patrol PCB Image |
Game Play
The game consists of a bird's eye view of a tug boat steaming down a tropical jungle river. There are rocks to be avoided, as well as crocodiles and other deadly river denizens. You have to accelerate if you wish to move upstream. If you cut engines (stop press accelerate button) you will drift downstream. The river itself becomes more difficult to navigate as the game progresses. Tighter squeezes and sharper turns make quick wits absolutely essential. The biggest problem is pin-point navigation. It isn't easy to snake through a couple of rocks about six feet apart or make quick turns away from dangerous beasts without running ashore or into a crash-inducing obstacle.
The object is to rescue the drowning people who periodically appear in the river, flailing their arms madly in the air. Passing the ship over the floaters accumulates points, and, as the journey continues, the tug boat gathers more and more of the rescued.
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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op River Patrol Census
There are 14,748 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,472 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,454 machines (6,894 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this machine owned by River Patrol collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 3 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]
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