A nighttime driving game where your headlights illuminate the posts on both sides of the road. The object is to stay on the road as long as possible without crashing. As the game progresses, however, the road becomes narrower and more winding.
Night Driver was produced by Atari in 1976.
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 Night Driver was produced include: Anti-Aircraft II -- aka Anti-Aircraft, Crash 'N Score, Hi-Way, Goal IV, Jet Fighter, Atarians, Breakout, LeMans, Cops 'N Robbers, and Indy 4
Name | Night Driver |
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Developer | Atari (United States) |
Year | 1976 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8866 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Racing |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Night Driver Pinout |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Side Art | Night Driver Side Art Image |
Overall Like |
5.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 5.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 5.00 |
Collector Desire | 5.00 |
Gameplay | 5.00 |
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Graphics | 4.00 |
Originality | 5.00 |
Sound/Music | 5.00 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
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After 300 points you are awarded bonus time, but the score wraps around back to zero at 1000 points so it is possible to reach 300 points more than once. The expert setting is actually the easist once a player has mastered the game.
There are two versions of this game:
There are 15,096 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,596 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 165,945 machines (6,963 unique titles).
Very Common - There are 56 known instances of this machine owned by Night Driver collectors who are active members. Of these, 52 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 are 2 active VAPS members with a Night Driver machines for sale.
Wanted - There are 6 active VAPS members currently looking for Night Driver.
This game ranks a 19 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 8 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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Year | Count | Median $ | Average $ |
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2017 | 1 | 920.00 | 920.00 |
2018 | 1 | 1,416.00 | 1,416.00 |
All Years | 2 | 1,168.00 | 1,168.00 |