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Firefox

Description

You control an experimental military fighter through various terrain, including snow-capped mountain valleys, over-seas, and rugged land. The objective is to shoot up enemy fighters, as well as fuel targets to gain enough fuel to complete the stage.

Firefox was produced by Atari in 1984.

Atari released 139 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Firefox was produced include: Cloak & Dagger, Arabian, Crystal Castles, Cloud 9, Alpha 1, and Return Of The Jedi

Specs

Name	Firefox
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7815
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Air Combat
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
External Device	LDP - Philips VP-832A
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: X/Y-directional yoke with common triggers and thumb buttons - FireMissile
Sound	Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Environmental/Cockpit

Video Clips

Atari's 1984 laserdisc arcade game - Firefox (pt. 2 of 2)

Atari's 1984 laserdisc arcade game - Firefox (pt. 1 of 2)

Firefox KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.18 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 2.92

Overall Like	3.25
Fun (Social)	2.33
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.60

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	3.75
Graphics	4.75
Originality	3.75
Sound/Music	3.75

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 - Video Game Marquee
(Contributed by: Rik Morgan)

Trivia

This game was based on the Clint Eastwood movie of the same title.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Firefox 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 Common - There are 72 known instances of this machine owned by Firefox collectors who are active members. Of these, 68 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 3 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 Firefox machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Firefox.

This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 8 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 Philips laserdisc player had a notorious tendency to break down, thus many Firefox games were converted or junked. The most common failure is due to fallen magnets from the laserdisc optics, but this can be fixed.

Both the upright and the cockpit versions have stereo headphone jacks and volume control knobs. The upright jack/knob is located below the control yoke and the cockpit jack/knob was under the control yoke as well, but it is hard to spot unless you bend down for a better look. And audio cassette recorder can be connected to the jack to record the game sounds with almost perfect quality.

Fixes

The Philips laserdisc player had a notorious tendency to break down, thus many of these games were either converted or junked. The most common failure is due to fallen magnets from the laserdisc optics, but this can be fixed.

Manuals

Firefox - Manual - Firefox Manual — **Firefox - Manual**
(60 pages, 6.6 MB File)

Firefox - Amplifone Raster Modification - Firefox Manual — **Firefox - Amplifone Raster Modification**
(4 pages, 232 kB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 164; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 164; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (a267b2fd406f132a1d9de88c1cabaeb7)

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