Lost In Translation/Kick Man
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| Manufacturer | Midway |
| Released | 1981 |
| Control Method | Dial 1 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | Z80 (@ 2.496 MHz) Z80 (@ 2.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Stereo (2x) AY-3-8910A (@ 2.000 MHz) |
| Video Details | Raster (Vertical) 512 x 480 pixels 30.00 Hz 32 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 17 ROMs 81,952 bytes (80.03 KiB) |
| MAME ID | kick ยท kicka |
Contents |
About The Game
Move a man on a unicycle and catch falling balloons and Pac-Men on your head. Use the Kick button to make the character's legs kick out and knock balloons back up for another try. Balloons stack up eight high and then the man will pop them. Stack Pac-Men for bonus points.
Additional Technical Information
Players : 2
Control : Trackball
Buttons : 1 (KICK)
Trivia
Released in December 1981. Kick Man was planned as a sequel to "Pac-Man", but didn't catch on to anywhere near the same degree. The game was actually first developed back in 1978 as a black and white game entitled 'Catch 40'. Midway never actually got around to releasing 'Catch 40', so they reworked it in color and released it as 'Kick'. Then they turned around a few months later and and re-released the game as 'Kick Man'. 'Kick' and 'Kick Man' are essentially the exact same game. The only difference is in the title screen.
A Kick Man unit appears in the 1982 movie 'Jekyll & Hyde... Together Again' and in the 1982 movie 'Fast Times at Ridgemont High'.
Staff
Designed & programmed by : John Pasierb
Cabinet and Artwork
 Kick Man cabinet. |
 Kick Man flyer. |
Ports
- Computers
- Commodore C64
