Meteor

Description

This is a clone of Atari's popular rock-blasting space game.

Meteor was produced by Hoge Mfg. Co. Inc., The in 1980.

Hoge Mfg. Co. Inc., The released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1933. Hoge Mfg. Co. Inc., The was based in United States.

Other machines made by Hoge Mfg. Co. Inc., The during the time period Meteor was produced include: Kay-Jor No. 132

Specs

Name	Meteor
Developer	Hoge Mfg. Co. Inc., The (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8681
Class	Bootleg
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Vector Color: Black and White
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Buttons: Rotational (left, right) Buttons: 3 - FireThrustHyperspace
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

The game actually says "Meteor" in the vector graphic title and on the marquee.

Game Play

The game play is exactly the same as Asteroids.

Meteor KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Cabinet Information

The side art shows meteors on both sides of the cabinet. The control panel has white buttons and there is some artwork on the bezel.

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Asteroids

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Meteor 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).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Meteor collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

The PCB set consists of 2 PCBs, completely different from Ataris original. There is a bigger main CPU PCB and a smaller IO and Sound PCB. It uses the 6502A at 12 Mhz like the Atari, but it uses different DACs for the vectors.So far, there are two versions of the main PCB, one has 8 program ROMs and one has 4.The game uses the LAI 19 BW monitor in the upright, and the TOEI MUSSAN TXY 14A in the cocktail.

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