Stocker
Stocker is a top-down racing game released in arcades in North America in 1984 by Bally Sente. Capcom published a port for the Commodore 64 in 1988.
Stocker
- Date
- 1984
- Genre
- racing video game
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Stocker is a top-down racing game released in arcades in North America in 1984 by Bally Sente. Capcom published a port for the Commodore 64 in 1988.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Stocker • Developer — Bally Sente • Publisher — Bally Sente • Designer — Dennis Koble • Programmer — Dennis Koble • Artist — Gary Johnson • Composer — Jesse Osborne • Released — 1984: Arcade 1988: C64 • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Platforms — Arcade, Commodore 64 • Arcade System — Sente Arcade Computer I
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — The arcade version in attract mode The player controls a stock racing car and must be the first to win a cross-country road race.
Reception
Reception
Earl Buckelew wrote in Compute!'s Gazette: "while it's designed with younger players in mind, Stocker has enough thrills to provide the rest of us with hours of fun. With skill and determination, you may even see the checkered flag in California." Bill Kunkel for Ahoy! wrote, "Stocker is a quaint game, almost like an antique that's been painfully restored using state-of-the-art techniques." Paul A. Hughes for Info wrote, "The whole game is simple, including the graphics, sound, and game play. You will probably play this game a few times and then put it away." Scott Wasser for Run magazine wrote, "at home, where only boredom limits the number of times a game can be played, Stocker reaches that limit fairly quickly. So, unless you're someone who couldn't get enough of Stocker in the arcades, I'd recommend you save your software quarters for something else."
Legacy
Legacy
The game was referenced in the 1986 film The Color of Money.
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Hague, James. The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers.
- 2.Stocker. Gamebase 64.
- 3.Compute! Gazette Issue 69. March 22, 1989.
- 4.Ahoy! Magazine Issue 60. December 22, 1988.
- 5.Info - Issue 23 (1988-11)(Info Publications)(US). November 25, 1988.
- 6.Run Magazine Issue 61. January 25, 1989.
- 7.The Color Of Money. Film. 15 March 2010.
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