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Chase H.Q.

Description

You are a Miami-Vice looking cop driving a custom Porsche with a two speed gear shift and a turbo button on the side. You have 60 seconds to catch up to the criminal and ram his car until it is too damaged to drive. There are five levels.

Chase H.Q. was produced by Taito in 1988.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Chase H.Q. was produced include: Tokusyu Butai UAG, Full Throttle, Contintental Circuit, Exzisus, Wardner No Mori, Bonze Adventure, Chuka Taisen, Cloud Master, Fighting Hawk, and Final Blow

Specs

Name	Chase H.Q.
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1988
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7318
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Chase H.Q. Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Chase H.Q. Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel Shifter: 2-position (low, high) with button Pedals: 1
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Chase H.Q. Control Panel Image
Side Art	Chase H.Q. Side Art Image

Video Clips

Taito's 1988 Chase H.Q. Arcade Game - Still Working After All These Years, Baby

History of Racing Video Games - Part 1 (Chase HQ is at 9'29

Chase H.Q. (Arcade) [Taito] Retro Danuart

Chase H.Q. KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.29 (5 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.28

Overall Like	4.60
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.60
Collector Desire	3.60

Technical Rating: 4.30

Gameplay	4.40
Graphics	4.40
Originality	4.20
Sound/Music	4.20

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

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Chase H.Q. Census

There are 15,272 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / 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).

Very Common - There are 94 known instances of this machine owned by Chase H.Q. collectors who are active members. Of these, 72 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 20 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 6 active VAPS members with a Chase H.Q. machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Chase H.Q. circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Chase H.Q..

This game ranks a 27 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 13 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

Another Bombshell from Electrocoin

1989

Legacy

Manuals

Upright Service Instructions and Parts Catalog Electrocoin - Chase H.Q. Manual — **Upright Service Instructions and Parts Catalog Electrocoin**
(27 pages, 4.3 MB File)

Chase HQ Operating Manual - Chase H.Q. Manual — **Chase HQ Operating Manual**
(16 pages, 305 kB File)

Operating Manual - Chase H.Q. Manual — **Operating Manual**
(16 pages, 1.9 MB File)

Schematics - Chase H.Q. Manual — **Schematics**
(47 pages, 2.87 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Arcade 1 Historical Guide to Arcade Machines Vol. 1 Bueschel (ISBN 086667-051-3) Page: 0; Color photo
Arcade 1 Historical Guide to Arcade Machines Vol. 1 Bueschel (ISBN 086667-051-3) Page: 293; Black and white photo
Collectors Guide to Vintage Coin Machines Bueschel (ISBN 0887407366) Page: 134,135; Color photo
Arcade Treasures Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X) Page: 98; Color photo

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