Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Armored Car

Title	Armored Car
First release	1981
Developer	Stern Electronics
Publisher	Stern Electronics, Inc.
Platform	Arcade
Genre	strategy video game
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
Releases	Arcade: 1981-01-01

You drive a money van (the armoured car) through as it scrolls from right to left. Some intersections are marked with directions. You pick up money to deliver to banks while avoiding criminals by dropping saw horses on the road. Fuel levels must be replenished at gas stations along the way.

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Sources

TheGamesDB (38830) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (armorcar) · last updated 2026-10-02 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`armorcar`
Title at ADB	Armored Car (set 1)
Manufacturer	Stern Electronics
Year	1981
Genre	Maze / Collect
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Stern Electronics); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (title+year) · fetched 2026-10-02 16:37 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Stern Electronics, Inc. · internal use only

Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Stern Electronics, Inc. · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Arcade Longplay [1005] Armored Car (US)

World-of-Longplays · Arcade version · longplay · 16:47auto-matched
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