Gee Bee

Description

A fun combination ball and paddle/pinball-style black and white game with a color overlay where you rebound a ball into the blocks.

Gee Bee was produced by Namco in 1978.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Gee Bee was produced include: Shoot Away, Bomb Bee, Cutie Q, Galaxian, Puck Man, and SOS

Specs

Name	Gee Bee
Developer	Namco (Japan)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7927
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Ball and Paddle
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Rotary: Analog
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Gee Bee Control Panel Image

Gee Bee KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

This was the first of three similar games designed and developed by Toru Iwatani, the creator of Puckman or (Pac-Man in the U.S.). Originally he wanted to make pinball machines for Namco, but Namco did not want to do pinball so this series of games is the resulting compromise.

Miscellaneous

This is the first of three similar ball and paddle pinball style games licensed by Namco. The other two are Bomb Bee and Cutie Q.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gee Bee 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).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Gee Bee collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 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 an extra Gee Bee circuit board for sale.

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

This game ranks a 1 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]

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Technical

CPU: 8080

Legacy

Gee Bee
Bomb Bee
Cutie Q

Manuals

Owner's Manual - Gee Bee Manual — **Owner's Manual**
(38 pages, 4.8 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 78; Color photo

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