Descpription:
Journey is an arcade game made by Bally Midway in
the 1980s. In 1983, the release of the Frontiers album brought the band Journey
to the forefront of 1980s rock music. Bally/Midway decided to ride this wave of popularity
and created an arcade game based on the band. The game was intended to be released
to coincide with a US tour by the band, and hence a second team of developers
(Incredible Technologies) were drafted in over the Christmas period to finish the game.
The featured members of the band are: Steve Perry, Neal Schon, Steve Smith, Jonathan
Cain and Ross Valory. Although they have cartoon bodies, the faces of the members
are shown as black and white photographs, taken of the band while on tour.
The game starts out with the player choosing one of five planets to travel to. Each
planet features a minigame starring one of the Journey band members, with the
objective of collecting his musical instrument (or, in the case of Steve Perry, a microphone).
