Shoot Away

Description

A projection game featuring skeet shooting. Players use rifles to shoot clay pigeons as they fly across the panoramic screen.

Shoot Away was produced by Namco in 1984.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Shoot Away was produced include: Phozon, Pac-Man & Chomp Chomp, Pac & Pal, Mappy, Libble Rabble, Dragon Buster, Galaga 3, Gaplus, Grobda, and Super Xevious

Specs

Name	Shoot Away
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Arcade
KLOV/MOG #	9526
Sub-Type	Electro-Mechanical
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: TV Monitor Color: Color Projection Screen
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Gun: Optical
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Play

Computer randomly positions targets, for a different game every time it is played.

The game has three selectable levels of difficulty: Novice, Amateur, and Expert. Each level of difficulty effects clay pigeon patterns, release timing and target speed.

Shoot Away KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.35 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.20

Overall Like	3.00
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay	3.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	3.00

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.

Cabinet Information

The panoramic projection screen is 68 to 102 inches wide and has an actual picture of a real forest landscape. The scoring system unit and rifle holders are placed in front of the projection screen.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Shoot Away Census

There are 14,752 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,472 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,446 machines (6,894 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Shoot Away collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Shoot Away.

This game ranks a 2 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

Manuals

Maintenance. Service Manual B - Shoot Away Manual — **Maintenance. Service Manual B**
(34 pages, 19.4 MB File)

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