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720 Degrees

Description

Skate through a ramp-filled world doing jumps for points in this timed game. Buy equipment at shops or enter tournaments to win cash prizes. When time runs out player must "Skate or Die!" -- run to the nearest tournament!

720 Degrees was produced by Atari Games in 1986.

Atari Games released 89 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Atari Games was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period 720 Degrees was produced include: Road Runner, Star Wars - Empire Strikes Back, Gauntlet, Gauntlet (PlayChoice), Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom, Gauntlet II, Relief Pitcher (prototype), Championship Sprint, Super Sprint, and Rolling Thunder

Specs

Name	720 Degrees
Developer	Atari Games (United States)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6791
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Medium Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Atari System II
Game Specific	720 Degrees Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: Circular Rotating Buttons: 2 - KickJump
Sound	Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard - 330 lbs
Control Panel	720 Degrees Control Panel Image

Video Clips

Packing Atari 720 Arcade Game

Atari 720 Degrees Arcade Game

720 Degrees KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.84 (22 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.88

Overall Like	3.81
Fun (Social)	3.71
Fun (Solo)	3.95
Collector Desire	4.10

Technical Rating: 3.94

Gameplay	3.95
Graphics	3.95
Originality	4.43
Sound/Music	3.81

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

Game Logo

Trivia

Atari released a limited-edition soundtrack record.

Cabinet Information

The game speakers were housed inside the boom-box-like marquee at the top of the game. The cabinet was manufactured by Atari in 1987.

Miscellaneous

Converted to Sinclair Spectrum, Amstrad and Commodore 64 by US Gold in 1987. All versions featured the arcade soundtrack on the flip-side of the cassette.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op 720 Degrees Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 190 known instances of this machine owned by 720 Degrees collectors who are active members. Of these, 174 of them are original dedicated machines. 16 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 9 active VAPS members with a 720 Degrees machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra 720 Degrees circuit board for sale.

Wanted - Very Popular - There are 32 active VAPS members currently looking for 720 Degrees.

This game ranks a 51 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 52 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

Manuals

Schematic Package Supplement - 720 Degrees Manual — **Schematic Package Supplement**
(31 pages, 4.2 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 197; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 197; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (923db37842e14a75ed5b6924464a2152)

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