1975 · Atari · Arcade · Racing

Indy 800

The game is housed in a large custom rectangular cabinet. Each side of the cabinet has two steering wheels and four pedals. The monitor is set in to the top face of the cabinet and looked down upon. The game uses a 25 inch full color RGB display and does not use color overlays, representing the first full color video game.

Released: 1975
Platforms: Arcade
Genres: Arcade Racing
Developers: Atari
Publishers: —
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action
Country: United States
Languages: English

About

Indy 800 is a 1975 racing video game developed and published by Kee Games (a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.) for arcades; in Japan, it was distributed by Nakamura Seisakusho (Namco).

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

Gameplay is a simulation of an Indianapolis 500 style race, in which up to eight players compete by racing each other with simulated IndyCar race cars. The players race blocky cars around a simple track with a top-down overhead view. The player car colors are purple, peach, yellow, green, light blue, white, red and dark blue.

Reception

In March 1976, the first annual RePlay arcade chart listed Indy 800 as the fourth highest-earning arcade video game of 1975 in the United States, below Tank, Wheels and Gun Fight. Later in October, RePlay listed Indy 800 again as the fourth highest-earning arcade video game of 1976 in the United States, below Sea Wolf, Gun Fight and Wheels. In Japan, it was the tenth highest-grossing arcade video game of 1976.