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Kick

Description

Player controls a man on a unicycle who must catch or pop balloons with his pointy hat. Balloons that get by the player can be kicked back up in the air. Ghosts and Pac-Men can also be caught, but not bombs.

Kick was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1981.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Kick was produced include: Extra Bases, Space Encounters, Space Invaders II, Rally-X, Bulls Eye Darts, Bosconian, Gorf, Kick-Man, Ms. Pac-Man, and Ms. Pac-Man Plus

Specs

Name	Kick
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8294
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Skill
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color 19-inch Electrohome G07. The image is reflected into a mirror.
Conversion Class	Midway MCR
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Roller: Optical (left, right only) - Left/Right movement only Buttons: 1 - Kick
Sound	Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail Cabaret/Mini

Video Clips

Kick, Arcade, Midway Manufacturing Co. , 1981

Kick shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

The game play is exactly the same as Kick Man.

Kick KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.16 (7 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.03

Overall Like	4.14
Fun (Social)	3.71
Fun (Solo)	4.14
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.29

Gameplay	4.14
Graphics	4.14
Originality	4.57
Sound/Music	4.29

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.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

On the first screen, if each balloon is kicked before it is popped, a bonus will be awarded.

Images

Trivia

Kick was changed to KickMan after upright serial number 1600.

Cabinet Information

The cabinet is the same as KickMan (except for the marquee of course).

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Kick Man

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Kick 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).

Very Common - There are 74 known instances of this machine owned by Kick collectors who are active members. Of these, 62 of them are original dedicated machines. 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 7 active VAPS members with a Kick machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Kick circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 10 active VAPS members currently looking for Kick.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 13 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]

Fixes

Capacitor CP34 was inserted backwards in some boards, causing them to break down.

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