Omega Race Used

Name: Omega Race
Developer: Midway Manufacturing Co.

Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Space
Monitor:

• Orientation: Horizontal
• Type: Vector
• CRT: Black and White
• 19-inch Electrohome G05

Conversion Class: unique
Game Specific: Omega Race Pinout
Settings: Omega Race Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

• Rotary: Optical
• Buttons: 2 [ThrustFire]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

• Upright/Standard
• Cabaret/Mini
• Cocktail
• Environmental/Cockpit

Description

Player controls an “Omegan Space Fighter”, and attempts to destroy waves of enemy droid ships. Battle takes place on a rectangular “track”. Player’s ship bounces off invisible walls of track.

Cabinet Information

This game was released in four cabinet styles: upright, sit-down, mini, and cocktail. Only the upright and sit-down models feature the blacklight effects. The sit-down model, unlike the others, is for one player only.

In the upright cabinet, the monitor projects the images upward onto a see-through mirror in front of day-glow colored “star-scape” scenery. The scenery is illuminated by a blacklight, with striking results. The cabinet exterior is also notable. The monitor glass has artwork at the sides and bottom, and there is a decorated, lighted “attraction panel” just below the control panel.

Game Play