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'''''Stunt Car''''' is an August 1970 electro-mechanical arcade game released by [[Sega]]. As the game is started, two balls (not pinballs, probably plastic) drop onto the playfield from the top. As the balls come down the playfield, trying to get them to drop in one of the seven playfield holes (the idea is to complete all seven holes in a given amount of time). The player steers the car back and forth (left and right) across the front of the playfield with the steering wheel, trying to hit the ball(s) with the front bumper of the car. The car's bumper acts as an automatic flipper to push the ball back up the playfield. As a ball enters a numbered hole, this number lights on the backglass, and the ball is recycled back to the top of the playfield where it comes down again (given there is time remaining in the game). Time left in the game is shown by lights on the backglass.
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| em_rrp_us=625{{ref|1=[https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-07-17.pdf#page=94 ''Cash Box'' (1971-07-17), page 94]}}
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{{sub-stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' is a 1970 electro-mechanical [[arcade]] game released by [[Sega Enterprises, Ltd.]]
  
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If all seven holes are completed in the given time, the game dispenses a small packet of crackers (or whatever treat is loaded in the game). Just below the backglass and above the playfield is the area where the crackers are held. The cabinet is formica with great car graphics.  
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As the game is started, two balls (not pinballs, probably plastic) drop onto the playfield from the top. As the balls come down the playfield, trying to get them to drop in one of the seven playfield holes (the idea is to complete all seven holes in a given amount of time). The player steers the car back and forth (left and right) across the front of the playfield with the steering wheel, trying to hit the ball(s) with the front bumper of the car. The car's bumper acts as an automatic flipper to push the ball back up the playfield. As a ball enters a numbered hole, this number lights on the backglass, and the ball is recycled back to the top of the playfield where it comes down again (given there is time remaining in the game). Time left in the game is shown by lights on the backglass.
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If all seven holes are completed in the given time, the game dispenses a small packet of crackers (or whatever treat is loaded in the game). Just below the backglass and above the playfield is the area where the crackers are held. The cabinet is formica with great car graphics. The balls drop in a similar manner to [[pachinko]] machines.
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The game's ball-bouncing gameplay was innovative,{{ref|https://www.sega.jp/history/arcade/product/11509/}} laying the foundations for the [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BreakingOut block-breaker] genre of video games, including Ramtek's ''Clean Sweep'' (1974), [[Atari]]'s ''[[wikipedia:Breakout (video game)|Breakout]]'' (1976),{{ref|https://arcadeheroes.com/2015/06/03/sega-turns-55-lets-remember-their-electromechanical-games/}} and [[Taito]]'s ''Arkanoid'' (1986).
  
 
==Specifications==
 
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:'''Height''': 67"
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{{Dimensions|hi=67|wi=24|di=58|diagramsize=150}}
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==Promotional material==
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{{gallery
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|{{gitem|Stuntcar flyer1.jpg|Flyer}}
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==Gallery==
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==Photo gallery==
 
<gallery>
 
<gallery>
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File:Stuntcar machine2.jpg|Front display
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StuntCar cabinet.jpg
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File:Stuntcar machine3.jpg|Side view with cabinet art and front display removed
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Stuntcar machine1.jpg
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File:Stuntcar machine4.jpg|Playfield
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Stuntcar machine2.jpg|Front display
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File:Stuntcar machine5.jpg|Playfiel detail
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Stuntcar machine3.jpg|Side view with cabinet art and front display removed
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File:Stuntcar machine6.jpg|Player's car
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Stuntcar machine4.jpg|Playfield
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File:Stuntcar machine7.jpg|Front view
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Stuntcar machine5.jpg|Playfiel detail
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File:Stuntcar flyer1.jpg|Arcade flyer (front)
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Stuntcar machine6.jpg|Player's car
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Stuntcar machine7.jpg|Front view
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Stuntcar machine8.jpg|Front view
 
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</gallery>
  
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[[Category:1970 Electro-Mechanical Arcade Games]]
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==References==
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[[Category:Electro-Mechanical Arcade Games]]
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Revision as of 20:11, 17 November 2024

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StuntCar logo.png
StuntCar EM JP.png
Stunt Car
System(s): Electro-mechanical arcade
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Developer:
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (Electro-Mechanical)
JP		 ¥? ?
Arcade (Electro-Mechanical)
US		 $625[2] ?
Arcade (Electro-Mechanical)
EU		 €? ?




































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Stunt Car is a 1970 electro-mechanical arcade game released by Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

As the game is started, two balls (not pinballs, probably plastic) drop onto the playfield from the top. As the balls come down the playfield, trying to get them to drop in one of the seven playfield holes (the idea is to complete all seven holes in a given amount of time). The player steers the car back and forth (left and right) across the front of the playfield with the steering wheel, trying to hit the ball(s) with the front bumper of the car. The car's bumper acts as an automatic flipper to push the ball back up the playfield. As a ball enters a numbered hole, this number lights on the backglass, and the ball is recycled back to the top of the playfield where it comes down again (given there is time remaining in the game). Time left in the game is shown by lights on the backglass.

If all seven holes are completed in the given time, the game dispenses a small packet of crackers (or whatever treat is loaded in the game). Just below the backglass and above the playfield is the area where the crackers are held. The cabinet is formica with great car graphics. The balls drop in a similar manner to pachinko machines.

The game's ball-bouncing gameplay was innovative,[5] laying the foundations for the block-breaker genre of video games, including Ramtek's Clean Sweep (1974), Atari's Breakout (1976),[6] and Taito's Arkanoid (1986).

Specifications

Dimensions

609.6 mm (24")
1.702 m (67")
1.473 m (58")


Promotional material

Stuntcar flyer1.jpg
Flyer
Stuntcar flyer1.jpg

Photo gallery

  • StuntCar cabinet.jpg
  • Stuntcar machine1.jpg

  • Front display

  • Side view with cabinet art and front display removed

  • Playfield

  • Playfiel detail

  • Player's car

  • Front view

  • Front view

References

  1. ↑ http://thetastates.com/eremeka/1970s.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-19 00:30)
  2. ↑ Cash Box (1971-07-17), page 94
  3. ↑ File:CashBox US 1973-08-18.pdf, page 54
  4. ↑ File:CashBox US 1971-01-09.pdf, page 32
  5. ↑ https://www.sega.jp/history/arcade/product/11509/
  6. ↑ https://arcadeheroes.com/2015/06/03/sega-turns-55-lets-remember-their-electromechanical-games/
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