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18 Wheeler 18 Wheeler - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

18 Wheeler - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A black and white truck driving game.

18 Wheeler was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1979.

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 18 Wheeler was produced include: Dog Patch, Blue Shark, Rotation VIII, Extra Inning, Clowns, 4 Player Bowling Alley, Super Speed Race, Super Galaxians, Submarine, and Phantom II

Specs

Name 18 Wheeler
Developer Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year 1979
Type Arcade
KLOV/MOG # 6762
Class Wide Release
Genre Racing
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Game Play Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Steering: Wheel
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

18 Wheeler KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.38 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.00

Overall Like 3.00
Fun (Social) 5.00
Fun (Solo) 2.00
Collector Desire 2.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay 2.00
Graphics 5.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 5.00

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op 18 Wheeler Census

There are 15,272 members of the Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,670 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,971 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 7 known instances of this machine owned by 18 Wheeler collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra 18 Wheeler circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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