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Steeplechase

Description

A horse racing game for up to six players.

Steeplechase was produced by Atari in 1975.

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 Steeplechase was produced include: Pursuit, World Cup Football, Gran Trak 10, Gran Trak 20, Pin Pong, Goal IV, Jet Fighter, Crash 'N Score, Hi-Way, and Anti-Aircraft II -- aka Anti-Aircraft

Specs

Name	Steeplechase
Developer	Atari (United States)
Year	1975
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9787
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Sports
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Steeplechase Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	6
# Maximum Players	6
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Buttons: 1 - Jump
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Steeplechase Bezel Image
Control Panel	Steeplechase Control Panel Image
Side Art	Steeplechase Side Art Image
PCB	Steeplechase PCB Image

Game Introduction

This is a horse racing game. Up to six players can play against each other. You have to make your horse jump over obstacles on a horizontal course. The monitor has six rows for each horse, each with an individual color overlay. You always play against a computer player with horse number 7. The fastest horse wins.

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

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee: Alternate

Cabinet Information

The cabinet for the european version was made by Atari Paris/France. The cabinet is a little wider than usual to allow enough space for six large buttons, one for each player. The game was produced by Kee Games and sold by Atari.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Steeplechase 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).

Common - There are 21 known instances of this machine owned by Steeplechase collectors who are active members. Of these, 17 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 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 Steeplechase machine for sale.

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

This game ranks a 5 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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Flyers

Technical

The game is based on the AstroTurf board. The name "Astroturf" is even still on the board. It is an early Atari board without any dedicated CPU, ROM and RAM.

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 27; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 27; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (8298b230-44b3-4798-806a-743e7ec07004)

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