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Crash

Description

Drive your car around the track, clearing out point marks as you go. Avoid the car that is trying to hit you head on!

Crash was produced by Exidy in 1979.

Exidy released 57 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Exidy was based in United States.

Other machines made by Exidy during the time period Crash was produced include: Football, Score, Attack (Exidy), Car Polo, Circus, Star Fire II, Side Trak, Fire One!, Kreepy Krawlers, and Rip Cord

Specs

Name	Crash
Developer	Exidy (United States)
Year	1979
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7421
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay There is a yellow overlay in the center of the screen that covers the time/score display to make it standout from the game play area.
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fast
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Crash Bezel Image

Crash KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.88 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 2.87

Overall Like	3.33
Fun (Social)	0.67
Fun (Solo)	3.67
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 2.92

Gameplay	3.67
Graphics	2.33
Originality	3.67
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.

Images

Cabinet Information

The marquee is 'reliefed' on the monitor plexi and is all one piece that extends down to the control panel. The game name is lit using four incandescent bulbs.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Crash 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).

Common - There are 38 known instances of this machine owned by Crash collectors who are active members. Of these, 30 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Crash machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Crash circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Crash.

This game ranks a 9 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 seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Flyers

Technical

The board has a number of volume controls on the sound board: motor low, motor high, tire screech, crash and more.

Manuals

Crash - Owner's Manual - Crash Manual — **Crash - Owner's Manual**
(29 pages, 2.3 MB File)

Selectable Options & Audio Adjustments June 1979 - Crash Manual — **Selectable Options & Audio Adjustments June 1979**
(2 pages, 0.11 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 74; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (759c1bd01a455844f261a4e9d346ebfe)

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