Guzzler

Description

A maze-style game where the player shoots "liquid" to kill monsters. Eat "food" to replace the liquid. Monsters are generated from four fires which must be destroyed to complete level.

Guzzler was produced by Tehkan in 1983.

Tehkan released 15 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. Tehkan was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Tehkan during the time period Guzzler was produced include: Swimmer, Voyager, Main Flame, Senjyo, Space Tank, Bomb Jack, Star Force, and Gridiron Fight

Specs

Name	Guzzler
Developer	Tehkan (Japan)
Year	1983
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8056
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Tehkan
Game Specific	Guzzler Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Guzzler Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 1 - Shoot
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

A Pacman-like game. Put out four fires by shooting liquid. Three shots and you are empty. Food or time replenishes shots. Your character is coloured in from the bottom up to show the amount of liquid that is available and it's just an outline when empty. Mazes are varied from complex to almost an empty room. After last life has been lost, you have the chance to get one more by stopping and spinning a circle with your character in the right place.

Game Play

Walk about a single-screen maze killing flame monsters by shooting them with liquid. Each shot reduces in range and after three shots you are empty. You move faster when empty and after some time, one shot will be replaced. There is also food comes in two sizes that replaces all or some of the shots. You are all yellow when full or an outline when empty. Monsters are generated from four fires which must be destroyed by shooting them with liquid. The final fire sometimes gains eyes and starts moving round the maze chasing you. A bonus cocktail glass appears in the middle of the maze which freezes all the current monsters. Between some of the levels a little sequence is played showing the monsters chasing you.

Guzzler KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.61 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.50

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	-1.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 2.67

Gameplay	3.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	2.00
Sound/Music	-1.00

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Guzzler 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 33 known instances of this machine owned by Guzzler collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 25 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 Guzzler machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Guzzler. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Guzzler circuit board set.

This game ranks a 11 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

Manuals

Manual - Guzzler Manual — **Manual**
(16 pages, 1.6 MB File)

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