Shark JAWS

Description

You are a deep-sea diver trying to catch small fish while avoiding a great white shark that is trying to eat you. Points are scored for catching small fish.

Shark JAWS was produced by Atari in 1975.

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 Shark JAWS was produced include: Pursuit, World Cup Football, Gran Trak 10, Gran Trak 20, Pin Pong, Goal IV, Jet Fighter, Crossfire, Crash 'N Score, and Hi-Way

Specs

Name	Shark JAWS
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1975
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9509
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Platform
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Shark JAWS KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.03 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.10

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	3.50
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 3.00

Gameplay	4.50
Graphics	2.67
Originality	4.50
Sound/Music	3.50

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.

Trivia

This game is based on and inspired by the movie "Jaws".

Miscellaneous

This game is also known as JAWS.
LICENSOR:Horror Games

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Shark JAWS 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).

Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Shark JAWS collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 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. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Shark JAWS.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 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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Manuals

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The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 29; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 29; Color photo

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