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Grand Champion

Description

A vertical driving game. Compete against other computer cars to win races.

Grand Champion was produced by Taito in 1981.

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 Grand Champion was produced include: Tri-Attacker, Speed Race CL-5, Moon Cresta, Defender, Western Gun, Part II, Alpine Ski, Colony 7, Fitter, Frog & Spiders, and Marine Date

Specs

Name	Grand Champion
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7994
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel Pedals: 1
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Instructions	Grand Champion Instructions Image
Bezel	Grand Champion Bezel Image
Control Panel	Grand Champion Control Panel Image
PCB	Grand Champion PCB Image

Grand Champion KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.68 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.60

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

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.00
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

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Grand Champion 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 22 known instances of this machine owned by Grand Champion collectors who are active members. Of these, 18 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. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Grand Champion machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Grand Champion.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 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

Taito Grand Champion Pinouts - Grand Champion Manual — **Taito Grand Champion Pinouts**
(2 pages, 193 kB File)

Manual - Grand Champion Manual — **Manual**
(56 pages, 6.7 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 131; Color photo

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