Hook

Description

Based upon the movie of the same name. Play as either Peter Pan or one of The Lost Boys Ace, Pockets, Thudbutt or Rufio, either together or alone. Journey through Neverland and fight against a variety of attacking enemies in your quest to rescue Peter Pan's children from Captain Hook and his pirates.

Hook was produced by Irem in 1992.

Irem released 90 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Irem was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Hook was produced include: Bomber Man, Atomic Punk, Gallop Armed Police Unit, Dynablaster, Blade Master, Dynablaster Global Conquest, Major Title Tournament Leader, Atomic Punk Global Quest, Bomber Man World, and Mahou Keibitai Ganhooki

Specs

Name	Hook
Developer	Irem (Japan)
Year	1992
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8134
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Fighter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Hook Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	4
# Maximum Players	4
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - AttackJump
Sound	Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Let's Play Hook (Arcade) Part 1

Hook KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.23 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.20

Overall Like	3.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	3.00

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 Hook 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 32 known instances of this machine owned by Hook collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 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. 27 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Hook. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Hook circuit board set.

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 3 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

Hook Operations Manual - Hook Manual — **Hook Operations Manual**
(95 pages, 5.8 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Pinball Compendium : 1982 to Present Shalhoub (ISBN 0764323008) Page: 145; Color photo

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