Surf Planet

Description

A first-person 3-D snowboarding game from Gaelco.

Surf Planet was produced by Gaelco in 1997.

Gaelco released 25 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1990. Gaelco was based in Spain.

Other machines made by Gaelco during the time period Surf Planet was produced include: Speed Up, Biomechanical Toy, World Rally 2, Touch And Go, Thunder Hoop III, Snow Board Championship, Bang!, Radikal Bikers, Football Power, and Rolling Extreme

Specs

Name	Surf Planet
Developer	Gaelco (Spain)
Year	1997
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9980
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Surf Planet Control Panel Image
Side Art	Surf Planet Side Art Image

Surf Planet KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.92 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 1.25

Overall Like	1.00
Fun (Social)	1.00
Fun (Solo)	2.00
Collector Desire	0.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	5.00

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Surf Planet 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 48 known instances of this machine owned by Surf Planet collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 33 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 Surf Planet machines for sale. There are 7 active VAPS members with a Surf Planet circuit boards for sale.

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

This game ranks a 13 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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Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (39 Inch Screen) (u472259b9-3878-47f1-bdff-7b83e56d1317)
3D Model (External): Upright (Dynamo Cabinet) (u130166ed-e96b-4cb0-9e68-b49b446cf4ce)

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