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Intrepid Intrepid - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Intrepid - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Enter the embassy, find and retrieve the secret plans and escape as fast as you can.

Intrepid was produced by Nova Games Ltd. in 1983.

Nova Games Ltd. released 6 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1982. Nova Games Ltd. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Nova Games Ltd. during the time period Intrepid was produced include: Port Man, New Multi Game 5, and Street Viper

Specs

Name Intrepid
Developer Nova Games Ltd. (United States)
Year 1983
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8197
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
Game Specific Intrepid Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Intrepid Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 - Action
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

Enter the embassy by pushing your action button to call the elevator. Then push the button to open the elevator. Then to enter the elevator, press the button again. Go up to floors one through four and push your button to exit the elevator. Go over to a door and push up to enter the room.

You must find several items by searching each room on floors one through four. The items you will need are:

  • An umbrella - required to allow you to escape from the top of the building.
  • A key - needed to open the locked door on the fifth floor.
  • A tool - used to break the elevator so that the guards will not be able to exit the building and capture you when you escape.
  • An ID card - turns off the electric floor in front of the safe.
  • A disguise - needed to get past the guard in the fifth floor room.
  • A map - helps you find your way.
  • A safe combination - needed to open the safe containing the secret plans.
  • High-speed jet boots - lets you run faster so you can avoid the guards.

Intrepid KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.20 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.21

Overall Like 4.50
Fun (Social) 1.50
Fun (Solo) 4.50
Collector Desire 2.60

Technical Rating: 3.73

Gameplay 4.00
Graphics 3.50
Originality 4.25
Sound/Music 2.50

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 Intrepid 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 21 known instances of this machine owned by Intrepid collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 16 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 Intrepid machines for sale.

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

This game ranks a 4 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]

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Technical

CPU: Z80
SOUND CPU: Z80
SOUND: 2xAY-8910

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Upright (237bccd1-ee27-414e-95cd-e7988dae7b9e)

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