Panic Park - Videogame by Namco

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Panic Park

Name: Panic Park
Manufacturer: Namco
Year: 1997 - 2000 (Circa)
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Skill
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: unique

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Lever [2-Way]

Sound: Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Panic Park Description

Panic Park was produced by Namco in 1997 (circa).

Namco released 307 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Panic Park was produced include Libero Grande, Alpine Racer 2, Armadillo Racing, Final Furlong, Downhill Bikers, Namco Classic Collection Volume 2, Aqua Jet, Ace Driver Victory Lap, Pocket Racer, and Alpine Surfer.

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Panic Park - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.78 (2 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 4.80

     Overall 'Like': 5.00
     Fun (Social): 5.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 5.00

Technical Impressions Score: 4.75

     Gameplay: 5.00
     Graphics: 5.00
     Originality: 5.00
     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

Game Introduction

The game consists of two modes: Interactive Story mode, and Panic King mode. Interactive Story mode is the main mode for the game which can consist of one or two players. The objective is to complete various challenges selected at random, which is also randomly picked in the difficulty level. You must succesfully complete the challenge to gain a success medal. The player with the most success medals at the end of all the rounds wins the game. Panic King mode selects a random mini-game which changes each month. It consists in a difficulty even higher than the highest story mode is capable of going. This mode is only one player, and the single challenge usually goes for an infinite amount of time until you fail, and you have two chances to try. Your highest score between the two tries gets entered into the monthly top 10.

Game Play

This game uses an unusual control scheme: a horizontal slot across the cabinet with a pair of handles, red and blue, swinging across it. One or two players grab a handle (the other can be locked at the far end for single-player) and play a series of six mini-games, with the difficulty changing based on how successful the player is. Despite this simple control system, there's a variety of challenges, built around controlling a human character on skates, such as: running along a zigzag platform, hopping between platforms, and bouncing on a rickety bridge. Because the two handles swing along the same slot, the two-player mode involves physically bumping the other player's handle, affecting their character as well.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Panic Park Census

There are 12,082 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,497 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 158,927 machines (6,671 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are approximately 12 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 8 of these machines are owned by our active Panic Park collectors. And of these, 6 are original dedicated machines, and 2 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 Panic Park circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Panic Park.

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 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 2 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]

Trivia

The game's cabinet has various translated warnings, including a mention that one shouldn't play "while reeking of alcohol."

Manuals

PanicPark.pdf 71 Pages, 1.9 MB File.
Panic Park DX 50 inch deluxe manual 106 Pages, 3.6 MB File.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Panic Park Flyer #774
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Panic Park Flyer #5957

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