Double Axle

Description

A driving game where you are the driver of a monster truck over various selectable terrains. The object of game is to win the race and continue on through all the courses.

Double Axle was produced by Taito in 1990.

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 Double Axle was produced include: Twin Hawk, Flipull, Asuka Asuka, Nastar, WGP, Aa Eikou No Koushien, Air Inferno, American Horseshoes, Aqua Jack, and Euro Football Champ

Specs

Name	Double Axle
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7615
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel with Force Feedback Shifter: 2-position (low, high) Pedals: 1 - Throttle
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Environmental/Cockpit - Dual 25in CRT

Double Axle KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.20 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.40

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

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

Cabinet Information

The monitor bezel has black and white checkers on it with a blue stripe around. The cabinet side art takes up the entire side of cabinet and looks like the front half of the truck driving over terrain.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Double Axle 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 Double Axle collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 7 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Double Axle machine for sale.

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

This game ranks a 6 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]

Flyers

Fixes

Due to the cabinet, access in the back of the game is limited to the access panel that is approximately 1 foot high by the width of the cabinet and screws onto the cabinet.

Manuals

Schematics - Double Axle Manual — **Schematics**
(23 pages, 1.42 MB File)

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