Software:Video Hustler
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Short description: 1981 video game
| Video Hustler | |
|---|---|
 Japanese flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch |
| Release | 1981 |
| Genre(s) | Sports |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Video Hustler (ビデオ・ハスラ一 Bideo Hasurā) is a pool (pocket billiards) arcade video game released by Konami in 1981. Dynamo released the game under the name Lil' Hustler. The gameplay is basically billiards, but with numbered, color-coded pucks on top of a lacquered plywood-made, green board, similar to Carrom. On September 11, 2025, the game got ported as part of the Arcade Archives series.[1]
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.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "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.
External links
- Video Hustler at the Killer List of Videogames
- Video Hustler at Arcade History
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