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Pocket Billiards!
1978
Pocket Billiards!
1978
In this pool title, two players can choose either one of the two games available: 8-ball or Rotation. The games are selected by pressing any direction of the joystick while their names are displayed on screen. In the 8-ball game, the winner is the first player to sink either one of the two black balls in game. In Rotation, the black balls are replaced by colored ones, and the winner is the player to sink the most balls. By sinking one ball, the player gets the chance to try another shot. There are no penalties for missing the balls or sinking the white one. Players can choose the direction of the shot (by rotating the cue around the white ball) and the strength of the shot (the longer the action button is pressed, the harder the shot is).Computer Golf
1978
Computer Golf
1978
Press 1, 2, 3, or 4 on the alpha-numeric keyboard to correspond with the number of players. The first hole and an electronic golfer will appear on the screen. The number at the top right of the screen indicates the hole being played. The player's scores will appear at the top left of screen in order of play. The first player's score will be farthest left. The fourth player's score will be at the farthest right. If you are playing on a color TV, the color of your score will match the color of your electronic golfer. Once the ball is on the green (the lighter geometric segment of the course) the TV picture will automatically change to a close-up of the green so that the electronic golfer can putt out. The trees on the course are hazards and will stop the flight of the ball. A drive into the trees will elicit a very human reaction from the electronic golfers. The dark area outside the course is the "rough." A ball must be hit back on the course when it's in the "rough." The golfers cannot drive through the rough tAlien Invaders Plus
1978
Alien Invaders Plus
1978
It's you versus the robotic armada of the Merciless Monstroth, a one-eyed tentacled entity bent on conquest. Use your laser base to take out the enemy cannons and the robots, being careful that you shoot them when their barriers don't block you and when they're not shooting at you! Get shot and you lose your laser base, but as long as you have barriers, you can run under one of them and convert it into another laser base to continue the fight. Run out of them and it's only a matter of time before you become a victim of the Merciless Monstroth. The unusual part of this game is its scoring: if you destroy the robotic armada plus Merciless Monstroth, you earn a point; but if the armada destroys you and all your bases, Merciless wins a point. The game ends when either you or Merciless wins ten points.Casino Slot Machine
1978
Casino Slot Machine
1978
As the name implies, this game simulates a casino slot machine. One to four players can place their bets in any of the three horizontal rows or the two diagonal rows. Bets placed can be of $0.10, $0.25 or $1.00.Blue Shark
1978
Blue Shark
1978
An undersea shooting game where the player uses a mounted spear gun to kill sea creatures that move across the screen. Shoot the sharks, swordfish and octopuses but try not to hit any of the skindivers.Ultra Tank
1978
Ultra Tank
1978
Two tanks face off in a maze of blocks. Besides dodging the bullets shot by the opponent, a player must also avoid running into mines. After the game timer expires, the player with the highest score wins.Super Road Champions
1978
Super Road Champions
1978
Road Champion was produced by Taito in 1978. Taito released 487 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Other machines made by Taito during the time period Road Champion was produced include Super Block, Trampoline, Acrobat, Super Speed Race V, Top Bowler, Cross Fire, Flying Fortress II, Barricade II, Fisco 400, and Cisco 400. A timed car racing game where players try to race ahead of the opposing cars and cross the finish line first to become the winner.Fire Truck
1978
Fire Truck
1978
star 3.3Players must cooperate to drive the truck through traffic as far as possible without crashing. While the game can be played with one player, it was primarily designed for two. The front player steers the tractor of the truck sitting down, controlling the gas and brakes, while the rear player stands, and steers the tiller for the rear wheels, controlling the swing of the trailer. The cabinet also provides the players with bells and horns, although these have no use in the actual game.10 Golf
1978
Sprint 1
1978
Sprint 1
1978
Sprint is a series of overhead-view arcade racers released from 1976 to 1978. "Sprint 2" was the first in the series with the "2" reflecting the number of players, rather than indicating it as a sequel. Sprint 4 and Sprint 8, a 4 player and 8 player version respectively, were released in 1977. Both were full color raster versions of the game. The single player cabinet Sprint 1 was released in 1978.Blockbuster
1977
Blockbuster
1977
Blockbuster was released by Elcon Industries in 1977. Blockbuster is an arcade cabinet featuring five different games that can be played: Magic Squares, Tennis (Pong variant), Soccer (Pong variant), Gravity Ball (Pong variant with gravity) and Blockbuster (Breakout variant). Depending on the game up to four players can play. The game is available in four different cabinet styles (round cocktail, octagonal cocktail, rectangular cocktail and cabinet).Breakout
1977
Breakout
1977
When the first fully-assembled Apple II systems began shipping in June 1977, a single tape cassette was included, containing demonstration programs written in Integer BASIC by Steve Wozniak. Notably, one side of the tape held the first Apple II version of Breakout, inspired by Wozniak's own work on Atari's blockbuster arcade game of the same title.Desert Patrol
1977
Heli-Shooter
1977
Mine Sweeper
1977
Mine Sweeper
1977
Mine Sweeper is two player game. Each player controls a boat that can place mines. The game plays like a typical light-cycle game such as Blockade. The boats leave continuous trails of mines behind. Players can only turn at 90 degree angles. To win a player must last longer than your opponent before hitting the borders of the screen or a solid line of mines (first person to hit something loses). The game is over when a player has six points.System 10
1977
System 10
1977
System 10 is a home video game machine released by Epoch in 1978. Developed jointly with NEC and equipped with NEC's µPD770C chip. It has 10 built-in games, and you can play ponclone games such as tennis, ping-pong, and soccer, as well as shooting games using a gun-shaped controller. It is an early home-use game machine classified as the first generation. Later, a cheaper version of "System 10 M2" was also released. There is also an OEM model called "Toshiba Video Game TVG-610" which uses the same IC and has the same content developed by Epoch and released by Toshiba.Vegas 21
1977
Comp IV
1977
Dataman
1977
