Super Cobra

Description

A helicopter flies horizontally through 10 levels, with different enemies on each level, and finally a base where it must capture the booty and escape. A game can be continued where it left off. Catchy theme music.

Super Cobra was produced by Konami in 1981.

Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Super Cobra was produced include: Space War (Leijac), Space King, Block Game, 600, Amidar, Jungler, Scramble, and Tactician

Specs

Name	Super Cobra
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9883
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical
Conversion Class	Konami Classic
Game Specific	Super Cobra Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Super Cobra Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail
Bezel	Super Cobra Bezel Image
Control Panel	Super Cobra Control Panel Image
PCB	Super Cobra PCB Image

Super Cobra KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.52 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.53

Overall Like	4.67
Fun (Social)	4.67
Fun (Solo)	4.67
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	4.67
Graphics	4.67
Originality	4.33
Sound/Music	4.33

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Super Cobra Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 115 known instances of this machine owned by Super Cobra collectors who are active members. Of these, 62 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 49 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with a Super Cobra machines for sale. There are 6 active VAPS members with a Super Cobra circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Super Cobra.

This game ranks a 36 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

More Exciting, More Sophisticated!!

1982 / 4 Pages

Technical

The game uses two Z80 microprocessors and two AY-3-8910 PSGs for sound.

Legacy

Scramble
Super Cobra

Manuals

Technical Manual Zaccaria - Super Cobra Manual — **Technical Manual Zaccaria**
(17 pages, 2.3 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 117; Color photo

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