Sprint 8 - Videogame by Atari

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Sprint 8

Name: Sprint 8
Developer: Atari

Year: 1977
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Racing
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Black and White

Conversion Class: unique

Number of Simultaneous Players: 8
Maximum number of Players: 8
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Steering: Wheel
Shifter: 4-position (1/2/3/4)
Pedals: 1 [Accelerate]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Sprint 8 Description

An early eight-player black and white driving game with a top-down view of the track. Players could select between about a dozen tracks where oil slicks and other cars (opponent or neutral cars) could make you lose control. Ratings: Granny, Rookie, Pro. Bonus time (extra 30 "seconds") for completing enough laps.

Sprint 8 was produced by Atari in 1977.

Atari released 136 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Sprint 8 was produced include Airborne Avenger, Dominos, Canyon Bomber, Boxing, Destroyer, Atarians, LeMans, Breakout, Cops 'N Robbers, and Indy 4.

Sprint 8 - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.05 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.60

     Overall 'Like': 3.00
     Fun (Social): 5.00
     Fun (Solo): 2.00
     Collector Desire: 5.00

Technical Impressions Score: 2.50

     Gameplay: 4.00
     Graphics: 1.00
     Originality: 4.00
     Sound/Music: 1.00

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

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Sprint 8 Census

There are 12,133 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,623 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,035 machines (6,848 unique titles).

Very Rare - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an member Sprint 8 collector .1 of these machine are owned by our active Sprint 8 collectors. It is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Sprint 8.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 0 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 10 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]

Legacy

Sprint 2 (1976)
Sprint 4 (1977)
Sprint 8 (1977)
Sprint One (1978)
Super Sprint (1986)
Championship Sprint (1986)
Badlands (1989)

Foto-Finder® (books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 54; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 54; Color photo; Price guide:

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Sprint 8 Flyer #1010

eBay Listings

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