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Antarctic Adventure Antarctic Adventure - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

A penguin must run through several levels by jumping over pits and avoiding walruses. This was a Japan-only release.

Antarctic Adventure was produced by Konami in 1984.

Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Antarctic Adventure was produced include: Venus, Track & Field, Roc'n Rope, Mega Zone, Juno First, Badlands, Circus Charlie, Comic Bakery, Hyper Olympic '84, and Hyper Sports

Specs

Name Antarctic Adventure
Developer Konami (Japan)
Year 1984
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6890
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Konami Classic
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 1 - Jump
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This game was ported to Colecovision and NES.

Antarctic Adventure KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.14 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.00

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 1.00
Fun (Solo) 5.00
Collector Desire 0.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 5.00
Originality 5.00
Sound/Music 2.00

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 Antarctic Adventure Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.

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

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

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