Vulgus

Description

Standard space ship scrolling shoot-em up type game. No weapon power-ups, seems to be endless.

Vulgus was produced by Capcom in 1984.

Capcom released 229 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Vulgus was produced include: HiGeMaru - Pirate Ship, 1942, Son Son, Pirate Ship HigeMaru, and 1942 (PlayChoice)

Specs

Name	Vulgus
Developer	Capcom (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10382
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Vulgus Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Vulgus Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireCannon
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Vulgus KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

This was the first arcade videogame released by Capcom.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Vulgus 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).

Common - There are 35 known instances of this machine owned by Vulgus collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 29 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Vulgus machine for sale. There are 3 active VAPS members with a Vulgus circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Vulgus. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Vulgus circuit board set.

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

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Technical

This board has no intentionally empty chip sockets. It also does not have any identifying markings on it except a serial number: 84602-01A-1 on the main board -02A on the other. It shares a common pinout with 1942. These games do not use the Capcom pinout, however.

Manuals

Vulgus Conversion Kit Instruction Manual - Vulgus Manual — **Vulgus Conversion Kit Instruction Manual**
(20 pages, 2 MB File)

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Vulgus Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(2 pages, 463 kB File)

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