GANTRY, a container stacking arcade game

Attract mode. Press Space or the Start button to begin.

Meridian Amusement Co. · Model MAC-83 Mode 08-C · free play · 240 V · 60 Hz

← / A
Spreader release
→ / D
Enter
P
M
← → travel · ↓ brake · Space drop · P pause · M sound · R new game Two players? One cabinet. Take turns after game over.

How to play

Night shift, berth 7. You run the ship-to-shore gantry crane, and the whole manifest has to be on the stack before the whistle. One container at a time on the spreader: travel over the pile, release the twists, repeat.

Controls

KeyAction
← → or A DTravel the trolley. It has mass, so it drifts.
↓ SBrake hard, settle the swing.
Space or EnterRelease the spreader / start a game.
P or EscPause.
MSound on / off.
RNew game.

No mouse needed, though the cabinet buttons work. Touch: tap the big amber button to drop and hold the cyan ones to travel.

Payload table

EventPoints
Container landed60
PERFECT (dead centre)200 + 150 × (combo − 1)
Shift clock left running−1 container
Speed-up every 8 containers500
Every 20 containers2000

High score and sound setting are kept in this browser only. Nothing leaves the machine: one file, no network.