American Horseshoes

Description

Animated players compete by throwing horseshoes towards a stake in the ground. Points are awarded for horseshoes that touch the post. Higher scores are achievied by getting a "ringer" which is when the horseshoe hooks onto the post, swings around and makes a ringing sound this is where the term got its name.

American Horseshoes was produced by Taito in 1990.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period American Horseshoes was produced include: Twin Hawk, Flipull, Asuka Asuka, Nastar, WGP, Aa Eikou No Koushien, Air Inferno, Aqua Jack, Double Axle, and Euro Football Champ

Specs

Name	American Horseshoes
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6881
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Game Specific	American Horseshoes Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	4
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Trackball: Optical
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	American Horseshoes Control Panel Image
Side Art	American Horseshoes Side Art Image
PCB	American Horseshoes PCB Image

American Horseshoes KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.23 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.20

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	5.00
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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op American Horseshoes Census

There are 15,268 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,671 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,977 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 13 known instances of this machine owned by American Horseshoes collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 9 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 American Horseshoes machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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

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Technical

The PCB is unusually small. It consists of two boards: a main and a sub board. Each board is six inches by six inches and the main board has the JAMMA edge connector on it. The two boards are sandwiched together and together have a total thickness of 1 3/4 inches. There are two sets of DIP switches with eight switches on each.

Manuals

American Horseshoes Manual - American Horseshoes Manual — **American Horseshoes Manual**
(13 pages, 1.53 MB File)

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