Stocker (video game)

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.[2]

Stocker
Developer(s)Bally Sente
Publisher(s)Bally Sente
Designer(s)Dennis Koble[1]
Programmer(s)Dennis Koble
Artist(s)Gary Johnson
Composer(s)Jesse Osborne
Platform(s)Arcade, Commodore 64
Release1984: Arcade
1988: C64
Mode(s)1-2 players alternating turns
Arcade systemSente Arcade Computer I

Gameplay
The arcade version in attract mode

The player controls a stock racing car and must be the first to win a cross country race.

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."[3]

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."[4]

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."[5]

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."[6]

Legacy

The game was referenced in the 1986 film The Color of Money.[7]

References
  1. Hague, James. "The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers".
  2. "Stocker". Gamebase 64.
  3. "Compute! Gazette Issue 69". March 22, 1989 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Ahoy! Magazine Issue 60". December 22, 1988 – via Internet Archive.
  5. "Info - Issue 23 (1988-11)(Info Publications)(US)". November 25, 1988 – via Internet Archive.
  6. "Run Magazine Issue 61". January 25, 1989 – via Internet Archive.
  7. "The Color Of Money". Film. 15 March 2010.
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