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Targ

Description

Maneuver your ship through a grid, avoiding and destroying Targ ram-ships for points. The deadly Spectar Smuggler appears after a period of time, shoot it for bonus points. Simple graphics, but gameplay is fast and furious. Lightning reflexes are required.

Targ was produced by Exidy in 1980.

Exidy released 57 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Exidy was based in United States.

Other machines made by Exidy during the time period Targ was produced include: Kreepy Krawlers, Fire One!, Rip Cord, Side Trak, Crash, Spectar, Bandido, Tail Gunner II, Star Fire, and Mouse Trap

Specs

Name	Targ
Developer	Exidy (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10034
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Exidy Targ
Game Specific	Targ Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Targ Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini Cocktail
Bezel	Targ Bezel Image
Control Panel	Targ Control Panel Image
Side Art	Targ Side Art Image
PCB	Targ PCB Image

Video Clips

Rare TARG Cabaret Arcade Video Game

Game Play

Your ship the "Wummel" travels through a 9 x 9 grid of yellow squares the "Crystal City" avoiding and shooting the ten red Targ ramships. Each Targ shot is worth ten points, this climbs to 20 on the second level, 30 on the third, and so on. At random a siren will sound, and the Spectar released into the Crystal City, shooting it scores 100-500 points. Clearing all Targs from a level scores 1000 bonus on the first level, 2000 on the second, 3000 on the third, etc. With each level, the Targs get faster and smarter.

Targ KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.93 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	5.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	3.00

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

Trivia

The game was sublicensed to Centuri, who manufactured it in a cocktail version.

Conversion

A person can convert to Spectar by simply doing a ROM swap.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Targ Census

There are 15,247 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,663 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,913 machines (6,994 unique titles).

Common - There are 42 known instances of this machine owned by Targ collectors who are active members. Of these, 31 of them are original dedicated machines. 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with a Targ machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Targ circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Targ.

This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 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

Legacy

Targ
Spectar

Manuals

Operator's Manual - Targ Manual — **Operator's Manual**
(18 pages, 1.3 MB File)

Operator's Manual (2) - Targ Manual — **Operator's Manual (2)**
(36 pages, 2.7 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 86; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 86; Color photo

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