Crater Raider
クレーター・レーダー
Description
The player is a tank trying to rescue hostages on worlds with lots of craters (that the player can descend into.) Rescuing all hostages, while avoiding (or destroying) other tanks and UFOs advances the player to the next level.
Crater Raider was produced by Bally Midway in 1984.
Bally Midway released 96 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Bally Midway was based in United States.
Other machines made by Bally Midway during the time period Crater Raider was produced include: E2088, Gold Ball, Grand Slam (4 player version), Domino Man, Discs Of Tron, Granny and the Gators, Black Pyramid, Ten Pin Champ, Spy Hunter, and Kings of Steel
Specs
| Name | Crater Raider |
|---|---|
| Developer | Bally Midway (United States) |
| Year | 1984 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7423 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Shooter |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | Midway MCR III |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Sound | Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp) |
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Crater Raider KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.90 (2 votes)
Fun Factor: 4.80
Overall Like |
5.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 5.00 |
| Collector Desire | 5.00 |
Technical Rating: 5.00
| Gameplay | 5.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 5.00 |
| Originality | 5.00 |
| Sound/Music | 5.00 |
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Conversion
This game uses an MCR II sound board and MCR III CPU and Video boards. Because of it's unique monitor orientation (reflected horizontal), the cabinet will not play any other MCR series games.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Crater Raider Census
There are 15,368 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,369 machines (7,023 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 13 known instances of this machine owned by Crater Raider collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Crater Raider machine for sale.
Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Crater Raider. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Crater Raider circuit board set.
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.
This game ranks a 5 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]
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