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Night Driver

Description

A nighttime driving game where your headlights illuminate the posts on both sides of the road. The object is to stay on the road as long as possible without crashing. As the game progresses, however, the road becomes narrower and more winding.

Night Driver was produced by Atari in 1976.

Atari released 139 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Atari was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari during the time period Night Driver was produced include: Anti-Aircraft II -- aka Anti-Aircraft, Crash 'N Score, Hi-Way, Goal IV, Jet Fighter, Atarians, Breakout, LeMans, Cops 'N Robbers, and Indy 4

Specs

Name	Night Driver
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1976
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8866
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay 23-inch monitor with a sticker of a car placed at the bottom center of the overlay.
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Night Driver Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel Shifter: 4-position (1/2/3/4) Pedals: 1
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Environmental/Cockpit
Side Art	Night Driver Side Art Image

Video Clips

Night Driver (Atari 1976)

Night Driver KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.88 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 4.75

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	5.00

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.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

After 300 points you are awarded bonus time, but the score wraps around back to zero at 1000 points so it is possible to reach 300 points more than once. The expert setting is actually the easist once a player has mastered the game.

Images

Cabinet Information

There are two versions of this game:

Upright - A 9-inch black light is mounted above the monitor for bezel lighting.
Cockpit - A open fiberglass cockpit with the gear shift mounted to the right of the seat.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Night Driver 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 57 known instances of this machine owned by Night Driver collectors who are active members. Of these, 53 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Night Driver machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Night Driver.

This game ranks a 19 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 8 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

Atari People. We're Still Playing Your Game

1976

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual - Night Driver Manual — **Operation, Maintenance and Service Manual**
(65 pages, 6.2 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 42; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 42; Color photo

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