Players walk around a three-quarters perspective maze shooting at various enemies. After shooting an enemy, the enemy's "soul" (a dark version of itself) attempts to make its way to the top of the screen to the mouth of the Grand Lizard. The player must touch the enemy soul before it gets there or a more difficult enemy is regenerated. Other enemies such as Tankovs and Boom Birds may appear on certain levels.
Inferno was produced by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) in 1984.
Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) released 215 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) was based in United States.
Other machines made by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) during the time period Inferno was produced include: Roller Aces, Rat Race, MotoRace USA, Joust Pinball, Blaster, 1942, Mystic Marathon, Devastator, Pennant Fever, and Space Shuttle
Name | Inferno |
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Developer | Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) (United States) |
Year | 1984 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8191 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter Labyrinth / Maze |
Setting - Location | Dungeon |
Narrative Theme |
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Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Inferno Pinout |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Joint |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Inferno's maze layout is somewhat similar to Crystal Castles, but without the wide changes in maze height. There seems to be only three or four "heights" of the maze, which the player can reach via small stairways. Players or creatures on a lower level can shoot players or creatures on a higher level, but the reverse is not true.
Tankov enemies require shots both from a lower level to disable the treads, and from the same level to disable the gun.
Touching a siren statue will release the siren which will fly across the screen, stunning all the enemies temporarily.
If you follow a shade into the mouth of the Grand Lizard, it will trigger a bonus "Inferno Wave" in which small imp-like enemies will rush you as the maze is consumed by fire.
Overall Like |
2.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 2.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 2.00 |
Collector Desire | 3.00 |
Gameplay | 5.00 |
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Graphics | 3.00 |
Originality | 3.00 |
Sound/Music | 3.00 |
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The exact number of manufactured games is unknown, but it is estimated that fewer than 50 dedicated cabinets were made. Williams also released an unknown number of Inferno conversion kits. These kits had the PCBs stacked in an EMI cage, unlike the dedicated units, which had the PCBs mounted to a plate on the back door.
The aim joysticks used for Inferno are similar to Blaster's, but are actually 8 way.
The cabinet is slightly different from a Joust cabinet in that the monitor is tilted back from the player at about a 30 degree angle and the control panel slopes upward further onto the monitor bezel. The cabinet itself is black, and only has a generic Williams logo sticker on the sides of the cabinet.
A Joust 2 boardset can be converted into an Inferno by swapping ROMs, adding two RAM ICs into available sockets and changing some jumpers. Other games with similar hardware to Joust 2 are Mystic Marathon and Turkey Shoot, although these games are not known to be inter-convertible with Inferno.
There are 15,446 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,747 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 168,513 machines (7,065 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Inferno collectors who are active members. Of these, 9 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. 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Inferno.
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 12 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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