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Star Rider

Description

Jet cycle race on three-lane track with guardrail.

Star Rider was produced by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) in 1983.

Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) released 215 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) was based in United States.

Other machines made by Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) during the time period Star Rider was produced include: Bubbles, Thunderball, Varkon, Robotron: 2084, Joust, Blaster, MotoRace USA, Joust Pinball, Roller Aces, and Rat Race

Specs

Name	Star Rider
Developer	Williams Electronics, Inc. (1967-1985) (United States)
Year	1983
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9768
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
External Device	LDP - Pioneer 8210
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Williams 1984 laserdisc arcade game - Star Rider (pt. 2 of 2)

Williams 1984 laserdisc arcade game - Star Rider (pt. 1 of 2)

Star Rider KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.60 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.20

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	1.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 4.00

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	2.00

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

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee
(Contributed by: N. Alwin)

Trivia

Sinistar, from the Williams game of the same name, makes a cameo appearance in one of the levels.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Rider 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).

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Star Rider collectors who are active members. Of these, 29 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Star Rider.

This game ranks a 9 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 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

Technical

DISC CAV because of still frame capability and different playback speeds e.g. half throttle 12 speed of disk play. Computer generated HI RES background on DISC with five different scenes.

Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 163; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 163; Color photo

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