Shark Attack - Videogame by Pacific Novelty

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Shark Attack

Name: Shark Attack
Manufacturer: Pacific Novelty
Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: unique

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

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Thrust|Munch]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Shark Attack Control Panel Image

Shark Attack Description

Shark Attack was produced by Pacific Novelty in 1981.

Pacific Novelty released 8 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980.

Other machines made by Pacific Novelty during the time period Shark Attack was produced include Thief, Mr. F. Lea, NATO Defense, Pop-A-Ball, Pop-A-Ball II, and Deep Death.

You control a great white shark who attacks scuba divers armed with spear guns. Devour all divers and avoid all spears. Levels are numbered and indicated by flashing skulls. Shark Attack was the first Video Game to have Quadrofonic sound.

This game was licensed and also manufactured by Game Plan.

It was also licensed to the company Game World by Pacific Novelty of L.A. in the U.S.A.

Shark Attack - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.98 (3 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 4.20

     Overall 'Like': 4.50
     Fun (Social): 3.50
     Fun (Solo): 4.50
     Collector Desire: 4.00

Technical Impressions Score: 2.83

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 3.50
     Originality: 3.50
     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

Miscellaneous

A cassette player inside the machine (with a looping cassette tape of actual "screams") would play every time you ate a diver.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Shark Attack Census

There are 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,575 machines (6,538 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Shark Attack collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines, and 2 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 an extra Shark Attack circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Shark Attack.

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

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Manuals

Manual 16 Pages, 1.5 MB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

Arcade Treasures, Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X): Page: 113; Color photo; Price guide: 1994
The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 112; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 112; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips

Shark Attack (Pacific Novelty 1981)

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shark Attack Flyer #1737
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shark Attack Flyer #1762
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Shark Attack Flyer #1763

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