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Tornado Baseball

Description

A black and white baseball game from Midway.

Tornado Baseball was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1976.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Tornado Baseball was produced include: Wheels, Racer, Gun Fight, Wheels II, TV Flipper, Sea Wolf, Top Gun, 280 ZZZAP, Amazing Maze, and Datsun 280 Zzzap dup

Specs

Name	Tornado Baseball
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1976
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10165
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Baseball
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White The image is mirrored. The back drop is a baseball field which is lit with a blacklight.
Conversion Class	Midway 8080
Game Specific	Tornado Baseball Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Competitive
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) - Defense Left, Defense Right Joystick: 8-way - Slow Pitch, Fast Pitch, Curve Left, Curve Right Buttons: 2 - Home Bat SwingVisitor Bat Swing
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard - 266 lbs Cocktail
Control Panel	Tornado Baseball Control Panel Image
Side Art	Tornado Baseball Side Art Image

Video Clips

Midway Tornado Baseball

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

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee
(Contributed by: Mark Stroup)

Cabinet Information

The cabinet as some baseball artwork on both sides.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tornado Baseball 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 22 known instances of this machine owned by Tornado Baseball collectors who are active members. Of these, 19 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 are 2 active VAPS members with a Tornado Baseball machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Tornado Baseball circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Tornado Baseball.

This game ranks a 4 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

Manuals

Parts Catalog - Tornado Baseball Manual — **Parts Catalog**
(32 pages, 7.04 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 36; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 36; Color photo

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