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Name: Firefox
Manufacturer: Atari
Year: 1984
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Horizontal
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique

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

  • Steering: X/Y-directional yoke with common triggers and thumb buttons [FireMissile]

Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
  • Environmental/Cockpit
Firefox


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Firefox Description

Firefox was produced by Atari in 1984.

Atari released 139 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Firefox was produced include Return Of The Jedi, TX-1, Assault, Race Drivin Panorama, Crime Patrol 2 - Drug Wars, 4X4, Food Fight, Tollian Web, Firebeast aka Dragon Master, and Tomcat.

You control an experimental military fighter through various terrain, including snow-capped mountain valleys, over-seas, and rugged land. The objective is to shoot up enemy fighters, as well as fuel targets to gain enough fuel to complete the stage.

Firefox - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.18 (5 votes)

 Personal Impressions Score: 2.92

     Overall 'Like': 3.25
     Fun (Social): 2.33
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 3.60 
Technical Impressions Score: 4.00

     Gameplay: 3.75
     Graphics: 4.75
     Originality: 3.75
     Sound/Music: 3.75

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
Environmental/Cockpit

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Firefox Census

There are 11,033 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,838 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 148,017 machines (6,441 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 60 known instances of this machine owned by Firefox collectors who are active members. Of these, 56 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 3 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 a Firefox machine for sale.

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

This game ranks a 22 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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Technical

The Philips laserdisc player had a notorious tendency to break down, thus many Firefox games were converted or junked. The most common failure is due to fallen magnets from the laserdisc optics, but this can be fixed.

Both the upright and the cockpit versions have stereo headphone jacks and volume control knobs. The upright jack/knob is located below the control yoke and the cockpit jack/knob was under the control yoke as well, but it is hard to spot unless you bend down for a better look. And audio cassette recorder can be connected to the jack to record the game sounds with almost perfect quality.

Trivia

This game was based on the Clint Eastwood movie of the same title.

Fixes

The Philips laserdisc player had a notorious tendency to break down, thus many of these games were either converted or junked. The most common failure is due to fallen magnets from the laserdisc optics, but this can be fixed.

Manuals

  1. Manual  4 Pages, 232 kB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 164; Color photo;
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 164; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips


    Atari's 1984 laserdisc arcade game - Firefox (pt. 1 of 2)

    Atari's 1984 laserdisc arcade game - Firefox (pt. 2 of 2)

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Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Firefox Flyer #398    
  2. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Firefox Flyer #2090    

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6. Firefox Video Arcade game by Atari Amplifone Raster Modification Bulletin

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9. Atari Firefox Arcade Machine Illustrated Parts Lists Manual FREE SHIP

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Firefox - Cabinet Image


Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto

Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto


Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto

Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto

Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto

Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto

Firefox - Title screen image
Photo contributed by: Dan Caschetto

Firefox - Title screen image
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Firefox - Title screen image

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Firefox - Title screen image

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