Smokey Joe

Description

The player drives a fire engine through a maze of streets, avoiding parked cars.

Smokey Joe was produced by Atari in 1978.

Atari released 137 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 Smokey Joe was produced include: Airborne Avenger, Catch, Destroyer, Boxing, Dominos, Orbit, Fire Truck, Sky Raider, Avalanche, and Skydiver

Specs

Name	Smokey Joe
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9593
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White 23-inch, Motorola or Tec
Conversion Class	Atari B&W Raster
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel Buttons: 1 - Horn Pedals: 1 - Accelerator
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Smokey Joe Bezel Image

Game Introduction

This game is the one-player version of Fire Truck.

Smokey Joe KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 1.92 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 1.50

Overall Like	2.00
Fun (Social)	-1.00
Fun (Solo)	2.00
Collector Desire	1.00

Technical Rating: 2.25

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	2.00
Sound/Music	1.00

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.

Images

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Fire Truck

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Smokey Joe Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 13 known instances of this machine owned by Smokey Joe collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are original dedicated machines.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Smokey Joe.

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 2 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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Flyers

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 65; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 65; Color photo

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