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Armor Attack

Description

The game offers a bird's eye view of a war-torn city, the jeep you are driving, and the tanks and helicopters you are trying to destroy. It uses a black and white vector monitor and a color overlay.

Armor Attack was produced by Cinematronics in 1980.

Cinematronics released 33 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. Cinematronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period Armor Attack was produced include: Sundance, Tail Gunner, Space Wars, Starhawk, Embargo, Rip Off, Star Castle, Solar Quest, Boxing Bugs, and Jack The Giantkiller

Specs

Name	Armor Attack
Developer	Cinematronics (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	6925
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Vector Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	Cinematronics BW Vector
Dipswitch Settings	Armor Attack Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Buttons: Rotational (left, right) Buttons: 2 - ForwardFire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail
Control Panel	Armor Attack Control Panel Image

Video Clips

Cinematronics Armor Attack (1981)

Armor Attack KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.57 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.10

Overall Like	4.25
Fun (Social)	4.50
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 3.65

Gameplay	4.75
Graphics	4.50
Originality	4.25
Sound/Music	3.20

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 Armor Attack 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 116 known instances of this machine owned by Armor Attack collectors who are active members. Of these, 108 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 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 Armor Attack machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Armor Attack.

This game ranks a 37 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 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

Armor Attack Manual - Armor Attack Manual — **Armor Attack Manual**
(87 pages, 1.70 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 116; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 116; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (f4b20b837d0d993b73b4ec5aa28d567a)

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