Stocker (video game)

Stocker is an American stock car racing arcade game first released in 1984. The game was referenced in the 1986 film The Color of Money.[1] Capcom also published a port for the Commodore 64.

Stocker
Developer(s)Bally Sente
Platform(s)Arcade
Release1984
Mode(s)Up to two players, alternating turns

Gameplay
Screenshot from Arcade version of Stocker in attract mode.

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

Reception

Earl Buckelew for Compute!'s Gazette said "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."[2]

Bill Kunkel for Ahoy! said "Stocker is a quant game, almost like an antique that's been painfully restored using state-of-the-art techniques."[3]

Paul A. Hughes for Info said "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."[4]

Scott Wasser for RUN Magazine said "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."[5]

References
  1. "The Color Of Money". Film.
  2. "Compute! Gazette Issue 69". March 22, 1989 – via Internet Archive.
  3. "Ahoy! Magazine Issue 60". December 22, 1988 – via Internet Archive.
  4. "Info - Issue 23 (1988-11)(Info Publications)(US)". November 25, 1988 – via Internet Archive.
  5. "Run Magazine Issue 61". January 25, 1989 – via Internet Archive.
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