Software:Video Hustler

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Short description: 1981 video game

Video Hustler
Japanese flyer
Developer(s)Konami
Publisher(s)
  • JP: Leijac
  • NA: Dynamo
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
  • JP: July 1981
  • NA: December 1981
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist. is a 1981 pool video game developed by Konami and published by Leijac for arcades. It was released in Japan in July 1981 and in North America by Dynamo as Lil' Hustler in December 1981.[1] Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 and their Arcade Archives 2 series for the Nintendo Switch 2, PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S in September 2025.[2]

Gameplay

The gameplay is basically billiards, but with numbered, color-coded pucks on top of a lacquered plywood-made, green board, similar to carrom.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Video Hustler on their June 1, 1983 issue as being the twenty-fourth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[3]

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Notes


References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006) (in ja). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 27. ISBN 978-4990251215. 
  2. ↑ Extension, Time (2025-09-10). "This Week's Arcade Archives Title Is The Early Arcade Pool Game That Inspired Konami's Time Pilot" (in en-GB). https://www.timeextension.com/news/2025/09/this-weeks-arcade-archives-title-is-the-early-arcade-pool-game-that-inspired-konamis-time-pilot. 
  3. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press, Inc.) (213): 29. 1 June 1983.