Buggy Challenge

Description

Drive a buggy over dirt mounds and avoid obstacles: rocks, fences and other buggies. The object is to complete the four levels without running out of gas.

Buggy Challenge was produced by Taito in 1984.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Buggy Challenge was produced include: Spy Agent, Ice Cold Beer, Water Ski, Ultra Quiz, Tin Star, 10-Yard Fight, 40-0, Athlete, Ben Bero Bee, and Birdie King 3

Specs

Name	Buggy Challenge
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7230
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Buggy Challenge Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Buggy Challenge Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini Environmental/Cockpit

Buggy Challenge KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.47 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.00

Overall Like	3.00
Fun (Social)	-1.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	0.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay	2.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	3.00
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.

Images

Miscellaneous

This game was also licensed to Tecfri for distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Buggy Challenge 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).

Common - There are 26 known instances of this machine owned by Buggy Challenge collectors who are active members. Of these, 16 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 7 active VAPS members with a Buggy Challenge machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Buggy Challenge circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Schematics - Buggy Challenge Manual — **Schematics**
(24 pages, 3.7 MB File)

Buggy Challenge Manual - Buggy Challenge Manual — **Buggy Challenge Manual**
(16 pages, 0.82 MB File)

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