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Skydiver

Description

The object of the game is to guide a skydiver from a travelling plane to a like-colored ground target. The player must watch the wind speed and direction and judge the target position, plane speed, and duration of freefall before pulling the rip cord. After that, the player must guide the skydiver onto the target by moving the rip cord control either left or right.

Skydiver was produced by Atari in 1978.

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 Skydiver was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Canyon Bomber, Orbit, Fire Truck, Sky Raider, Avalanche, and Smokey Joe

Specs

Name	Skydiver
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9580
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Skill
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay The monitor bezel is blue plexiglass.
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Rip Cord Parachute Handles Buttons: 1 - Jump
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Skydiver 1978 Atari

Game Play

The skydiver jumps from the plane whenever the player pushed the Jump button. The skydiver's parachute is opened when the rip cord is pulled. The rip cord control can be moved either left or right to help guide the diver on to the correct landing pad.

Points are scored for successfully landing on the target. The target point score is determined by the lenghth of freefall -- the longer the fall, the larger the point score. A double bonus score is awarded for spelling "SKYDIVER".

Skydiver KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.12 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.85

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.25
Fun (Solo)	3.75
Collector Desire	3.25

Technical Rating: 2.95

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	2.40

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Skydiver 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 14 known instances of this machine owned by Skydiver collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Skydiver machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 9 active VAPS members currently looking for Skydiver.

This game ranks a 6 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]

Flyers

2 Game Module / Sky Diver

1978 / 2 Pages

Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 64; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 64; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (c4bde4516b1fd8076a5d107220298174)

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