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Clear the maze of dots by running over them. Pac-Man?, no. It's Head On which came a full year earlier.
Based on Head On, SEGA 1979, BUCKLE UP! is a 2-Dimensional maze racing game. You control your car through the maze to pick up the dots while at the same time avoiding the car, or cars, that are constantly trying to ram you. Successfully get through one maze and many more await you. This is good practice for freeway driving in the big city.
------ CONTROL ------
Press C to start the game.
Hold the cursors to move the car in the direction of the arror on the key. You can only change lanes when you are in one of the 4 open areas.
Hold C to speed up.
F1 - This info.
F4 - Window / Full screen.
P - Pause game.
ESC - Exit game.
------ TRIVIA ------
Released during April 1979. Head On was another in a short line of arcade games made by the partnership of Sega and Gremlin. Although Gremlin eventually went out of business, Sega continued to produce arcade games. Other notable games produced by this partnership include "Deep Scan", "Astro Blaster", and "Frogger". The game Head On is reputed to be the first game in which the player must eat all of the dots in order to progress to the next level (One year before "Pac-Man", Head On was the first 'eat-the-dots'-style game). The game itself didn't do that great but it did help establish Sega as an arcade machine maker. Other games that came out didn't really allow this game to go far. "Asteroids" and "Space Invaders", to name a couple, were still the big money makers.
------ SCORING ------
Dots : 5 points. There are 140 dots per maze to clear giving you 700 points per maze.
Red diamond shapes are sometimes left behind a red car (sometimes when the dots are almost gone and it enters a lane missing dots) these are worth 25 bonus points each.
An extra car is scored at 2,000 , 4,000 , 6,000 , 8,000 , and 10,000 points.
The top 3 scores of the day are shown between games.
------ TIPS AND TRICKS ------
* When you start the game, your car will be located in the open space in the middle of the bottom of the screen in lane one. The jam car will be located in the middle left of the screen in lane one. On the higher levels, they will progress through lanes one, two, and/or three. As you progress through the levels, the number or speed of the jam cars increases. Here is the breakdown :
Level 1 : One Slow Jam Car
Level 2 : One Fast Jam Car
Level 3 : Two Slow Jam Cars
Level 4 : Two Fast Jam Cars
Level 5 : Three Slow Jam Cars
Level 6 and beyond : Three Fast Jam Cars
* Always be aware of where the Jam Car(s) is/are located. They can only make one lane change at a time but that lane change may be into your lane. The jam cars do not randomly change lanes. They change to the lane closest to the one you are in.
* The Jam Car(s) always travel in a clockwise motion while you travel in a counterclockwise motion. Remember that so that you don't get confused when there are multiple cars in the maze. Also, the color of the Jam Car is red while yours is white.
* Don't try to get all the dots on one of the lanes. You need to anticipate where your next move is well before you enter the lane change area since you cannot change lanes at any other time. Sometimes, on the earlier levels, it is best to do a staggered type dot pickup where you do lane one, change to lane two, to lane three, lane four, lane five, then back to lane one. If you time it right, the Jam Car or Cars will still be in the maze.
* Don't let the speed of the Jam Car(s) throw you. Just plan to be out of your lane and in the lane change area before them. If both cars enter at the same time, you run a big risk of a collision.
* Since the game isn't timed, take your time planning on how you will take care of the dots. It is much easier to grab a safe lane than it is to go after a lane with dots, so your first objective should be considered to be in a safe lane than to clear the dots, stay safe and your chance to clear the dots will come.
[source MAME info]
I would suggest using Joy to Key with a simple map to the cursors and c key. GM's joystick programming is a b****.
Based on Head On, SEGA 1979, BUCKLE UP! is a 2-Dimensional maze racing game. You control your car through the maze to pick up the dots while at the same time avoiding the car, or cars, that are constantly trying to ram you. Successfully get through one maze and many more await you. This is good practice for freeway driving in the big city.
------ CONTROL ------
Press C to start the game.
Hold the cursors to move the car in the direction of the arror on the key. You can only change lanes when you are in one of the 4 open areas.
Hold C to speed up.
F1 - This info.
F4 - Window / Full screen.
P - Pause game.
ESC - Exit game.
------ TRIVIA ------
Released during April 1979. Head On was another in a short line of arcade games made by the partnership of Sega and Gremlin. Although Gremlin eventually went out of business, Sega continued to produce arcade games. Other notable games produced by this partnership include "Deep Scan", "Astro Blaster", and "Frogger". The game Head On is reputed to be the first game in which the player must eat all of the dots in order to progress to the next level (One year before "Pac-Man", Head On was the first 'eat-the-dots'-style game). The game itself didn't do that great but it did help establish Sega as an arcade machine maker. Other games that came out didn't really allow this game to go far. "Asteroids" and "Space Invaders", to name a couple, were still the big money makers.
------ SCORING ------
Dots : 5 points. There are 140 dots per maze to clear giving you 700 points per maze.
Red diamond shapes are sometimes left behind a red car (sometimes when the dots are almost gone and it enters a lane missing dots) these are worth 25 bonus points each.
An extra car is scored at 2,000 , 4,000 , 6,000 , 8,000 , and 10,000 points.
The top 3 scores of the day are shown between games.
------ TIPS AND TRICKS ------
* When you start the game, your car will be located in the open space in the middle of the bottom of the screen in lane one. The jam car will be located in the middle left of the screen in lane one. On the higher levels, they will progress through lanes one, two, and/or three. As you progress through the levels, the number or speed of the jam cars increases. Here is the breakdown :
Level 1 : One Slow Jam Car
Level 2 : One Fast Jam Car
Level 3 : Two Slow Jam Cars
Level 4 : Two Fast Jam Cars
Level 5 : Three Slow Jam Cars
Level 6 and beyond : Three Fast Jam Cars
* Always be aware of where the Jam Car(s) is/are located. They can only make one lane change at a time but that lane change may be into your lane. The jam cars do not randomly change lanes. They change to the lane closest to the one you are in.
* The Jam Car(s) always travel in a clockwise motion while you travel in a counterclockwise motion. Remember that so that you don't get confused when there are multiple cars in the maze. Also, the color of the Jam Car is red while yours is white.
* Don't try to get all the dots on one of the lanes. You need to anticipate where your next move is well before you enter the lane change area since you cannot change lanes at any other time. Sometimes, on the earlier levels, it is best to do a staggered type dot pickup where you do lane one, change to lane two, to lane three, lane four, lane five, then back to lane one. If you time it right, the Jam Car or Cars will still be in the maze.
* Don't let the speed of the Jam Car(s) throw you. Just plan to be out of your lane and in the lane change area before them. If both cars enter at the same time, you run a big risk of a collision.
* Since the game isn't timed, take your time planning on how you will take care of the dots. It is much easier to grab a safe lane than it is to go after a lane with dots, so your first objective should be considered to be in a safe lane than to clear the dots, stay safe and your chance to clear the dots will come.
[source MAME info]
I would suggest using Joy to Key with a simple map to the cursors and c key. GM's joystick programming is a b****.
