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Solar Fox

Description

Run over or shoot "Fuzors" while ships on each of the four sides of the screen travel back and forth or up and down trying to shoot you.

Solar Fox was produced by Bally Midway in 1981.

Bally Midway released 96 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Bally Midway was based in United States.

Other machines made by Bally Midway during the time period Solar Fox was produced include: Kick, Crossroads, Adventures of Robby Roto, The, Wizard Of Wor, Lazarian, and Blue Print

Specs

Name	Solar Fox
Developer	Bally Midway (United States)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9610
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color 19-inch Electrohome G07
Conversion Class	Midway MCR
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (up, down) with button Buttons: 2 - Fire\|Speed
Sound	Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini
Control Panel	Solar Fox Control Panel Image
Side Art	Solar Fox Side Art Image

Video Clips

Solar Fox shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

The player can buy three (one credit) or seven (two credits) ships. Selecting the Novice level makes the normal speed slow and speed the control button will speed you up. Selecting the Expert level makes the normal speed fast and the speed control button will slow you down. A special Skip-A-Rack Timer allows you to skip a level if you clear the round within the time limit.

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

Images

Trivia

The sound was programmed by Ben Blish, who also programmed the sound for Satan's Hollow.

Cabinet Information

Monitor is reflected on a mirror which is painted around the sides. Very nice cabinet artwork.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Solar Fox 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 53 known instances of this machine owned by Solar Fox collectors who are active members. Of these, 50 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. 2 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 Solar Fox machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Solar Fox.

This game ranks a 14 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 10 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

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 142; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 142; Color photo

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