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Atomic Boy Atomic Boy - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Atomic Boy - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Climb around lattice of pipes to deactivate power switches for main computer while avoiding robots. Jump on generators to send out disrupters and kill robots.

Atomic Boy was produced by Irem in 1985.

Irem released 90 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Irem was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Atomic Boy was produced include: Battle-Road, Spartan X, Kung Fu, Lode Runner, Lode Runner - The Bungeling Strikes Back, Spelunker II, Lot Lot, Spelunker, Lode Runner - Majin No Fukkatsu, and Lode Runner - Golden Labyrinth

Specs

Name Atomic Boy
Developer Irem (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6965
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Irem
Game Specific Atomic Boy Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Atomic Boy Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
PCB Atomic Boy PCB Image

Game Play

Five level vertically scrolling platformer. Climb around a lattice of conduits while avoiding robots. Kill robots by jumping on generators and sending out disrupters. Each generator has a limited number of disrupter shots. Normal robots can become super robots by passing through generators. Super robots can only be destroyed with two disrupter shots and then touching them.

Atomic Boy KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Atomic Boy 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).

Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Atomic Boy collectors who are active members. Of these, 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Atomic Boy circuit boards 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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