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Steeplechase is an arcade sports video game by released in 1975 by Atari, Inc.[4] Developed by Atari subsidiary Kee Games, it simulates a steeplechase-style horse race. It was distributed in Japan by Nakamura Seisakusho (Namco) in 1976.

Steeplechase
Developer(s)	Atari, Inc.
Publisher(s)	NA/EU: Atari, Inc.[1] JP: Nakamura Seisakusho[2]
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	NA: October 1975[3] EU: 1975[1] JP: January 1976[2]
Genre(s)	Sports
Mode(s)	Up to 6 players

Technology

Originally called AstroTurf, all printed circuit boards (PCBs) still have the name on the board.[4] The game is housed in a custom extra wide cabinet that six individually colored and lit buttons used to make a player's horse jump. The monitor is a 23" black and white CRT monitor with 6 color overlays to make each of the 6 horizontally stacked lanes match their colored button counterparts. Sounds include a bugle, galloping hoof beats, and crowd cheers.

Gameplay

Up to six players can play against each other, each choosing a horse while the computer controls the seventh horse on the bottom. Each player's horse begins galloping, and the players must jump over obstacles in their lanes by pressing their colored buttons. The horse that successfully jumps all obstacles smoothly becomes the fastest horse and wins.

Legacy

A European version was released by Löwen-Automaten.[5] Soviet clone of this machine with exact gameplay and graphics, but different cabinet was called Skachki, which can be literally translated as "horse race". A port for the Atari 2600 was released under the same name in 1980. It was programmed by Atari and distributed under Sears' Tele-Games label.[6] It was one of three games to be created by Atari exclusively for the Tele-Games line.[7]

References

External links

• Steeplechase at MobyGames

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