You pilot a hovercraft, trying to deliver top secret items while avoiding mines, other hovercraft, and logs. Collect money and fuel to continue. X-Y yoke control.
Hydra was produced by Atari Games in 1990.
Atari Games released 89 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Atari Games was based in United States.
Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Hydra was produced include: KLAX, Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters, Cyberball 2072, Badlands, Hard Drivin', Rampart, Race Drivin', Pit-Fighter, Shuuz, and Batman
Name | Hydra |
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Developer | Atari Games (United States) |
Year | 1990 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8160 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Racing |
Driving Vehicle | Hovercraft |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | JAMMA+ |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 1 |
Game Play | Single |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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The control panel overlay has pictures of dials, displays, etc. so the player feels like they are sitting in a cockpit.
This game can be converted to Pit-Fighter by replacing the ROMs and the slapstic IC.
There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).
Common - There are 27 known instances of this machine owned by Hydra collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 9 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 Hydra machine for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Hydra circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Hydra.
This game ranks a 8 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.
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This game uses the 68000 (7.6Mhz) and M6502 (1.79Mhz) processors. It uses a YM-2151 (3.5Mhz) and a OK16295 for sound.
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