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Snap Jack Snap Jack - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Snap Jack - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Guide a dot-munching, stretch-legged character through right-to-left scrolling scenes of landscape and tunnels. Avoid, among others, jelly fish and of course the kettles and boots on the overhead conveyor.

Snap Jack was produced by Universal in 1981.

Universal released 52 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Snap Jack was produced include: Cheeky Mouse, Cosmic Alien, Magical Spot II, Magical Spot, Devil Zone, Lady Bug, Cosmic Avenger, Zero Hour, Mr. Do! (Yankee DO!), and Mr. Do!

Snap Jack - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Snap Jack
Developer Universal
Year 1981
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9597
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Universal
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

This game is a cross between Pac-Man and Scramble.

Snap Jack KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

Several features of other (later?) Universal games appear here including Dinosaurs, EXTRA feature, etc.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Snap Jack Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 13 known instances of this machine owned by Snap Jack collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines. 9 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Snap Jack.

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 5 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

Board indicates year of manufacture 1981. Shares the same board as Lady Bug and Cosmic Avengers (8106-A2).

Manuals

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