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Gravitar

Description

The player controls a space ship in three different solar systems. Each solar system consists of a home base, a death star, a red alien planet and four regular planets. Each planet has its own unique terrain.

Gravitar was produced by Atari in 1982.

Atari released 137 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Gravitar was produced include: Neutron Star, Tempest Tubes, Tempest, Triangle, Maze Invaders, Akka Arrh, Atari Force Liberator, Fast Freddie, Black Widow, and Kangaroo

Specs

Name	Gravitar
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8000
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal
Conversion Class	Atari Color Vector
Game Specific	Gravitar Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Gravitar Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Buttons: Rotational (left, right) Buttons: 3 - ThrustFireSheild/Tractor Beam
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard - 278 lbs
Control Panel	Gravitar Control Panel Image
Side Art	Gravitar Side Art Image

Video Clips

Atari Gravitar Arcade Cabinet Gameplay video - Color Vector

Gravitar shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Atari GRAVITAR

Gravitar KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.62 (10 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.91

Overall Like	4.11
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.89
Collector Desire	4.44

Technical Rating: 3.63

Gameplay	4.10
Graphics	4.11
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	3.11

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

Trivia

Depending on the highest score, one of eight list names appears above the table of initials: FLUNKY 0- 20,000, GUNNER 20,001- 40,000, CO-PILOT 40,001- 80,000, PILOT 80,001-100,000, ACE PILOT 100,001-200,000, KILLER PILOT 200,001-400,000, PONTIUS PILATE 400,001-800,000, GOTTA-BE-LUCKY above 800,000.

Conversion

This board set can be converted to Black Widow by a simple swap of ROMs.

Miscellaneous

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gravitar Census

There are 15,247 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,663 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,913 machines (6,994 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 265 known instances of this machine owned by Gravitar collectors who are active members. Of these, 232 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 30 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with a Gravitar machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Gravitar circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 24 active VAPS members currently looking for Gravitar. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Gravitar circuit board set.

This game ranks a 58 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 43 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

Technical

This boardset uses the same wiring as Space Duel, except for the controls. So, for testing purposes, a Gravitar PCB could be plugged directly into a Space Duel cabinet.

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual - Gravitar Manual — **Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual**
(68 pages, 7.4 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 143; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 143; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (c6815dde0c2e7b44cf1e1aacf796d371)

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