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Video Hustler
Video Hustler
	Japanese flyer
Developer	Konami
Publishers	JP: Leijac; NA: Dynamo;
Platform	Arcade
Release	JP: July 1981; NA: December 1981;
Genre	Sports
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Video Hustler^[a] 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]

Notes

↑ Japanese: ビデオハスラ一, Hepburn: Bideo Hasurā

References

↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 27. ISBN 978-4990251215.
↑ Extension, Time (September 10, 2025). "This Week's Arcade Archives Title Is The Early Arcade Pool Game That Inspired Konami's Time Pilot". Time Extension. Retrieved September 10, 2025.
↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 213. Amusement Press, Inc. June 1, 1983. p. 29.

External links

Video Hustler at the Killer List of Videogames
Video Hustler at Arcade History

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[1] Japanese: ビデオハスラ一, Hepburn: Bideo Hasurā

[:0-2] Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 27. ISBN 978-4990251215.

[3] Extension, Time (September 10, 2025). "This Week's Arcade Archives Title Is The Early Arcade Pool Game That Inspired Konami's Time Pilot". Time Extension. Retrieved September 10, 2025.

[4] "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 213. Amusement Press, Inc. June 1, 1983. p. 29.

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