Pacific Novelty Explained

Pacific Novelty was a developer of coin-operated arcade video games. Deep Death was their first title, which was later licensed by Game Plan and re-released as Shark Attack (1981). Thief, a Pac-Man styled maze chase, was their greatest success.[1]

Development history

Deep Death 1980
Shark Attack (Rerelease of Deep Death) 1981
Thief 1981 [2]
NATO Defense 1982
The Amazing Adventures of Mr. F. Lea 1982
Pop-A-Ball 1988 (non-video redemption game)
Pop-A-Ball II 1990 (non-video redemption game)

References

  1. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games
  2. http://www.klov.com/manuf_detail.php?manuf_id=1571&orig_game_id=10086 Pacific Novelty coin-operated machines listed by The International Arcade Museum