Iron Horse

Description

Side scrolling platform cowboy train-robber game. Select between fists, pistols or a whip and then work your way down the steam train killing the bad guys and collecting money and special weapons. Cowboy music score.

Iron Horse was produced by Konami in 1986.

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 Iron Horse was produced include: Ping Pong, Scooter Shooter, Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Twin Bee, Shao-lin's Road, Bass Angler, Castlevania, Double Dribble, Goonies, The, and Gradius (PlayChoice)

Specs

Name	Iron Horse
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1986
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8206
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Fighter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal
Conversion Class	Konami Classic
Game Specific	Iron Horse Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Iron Horse Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 3 - Special WeaponAttackCrouch
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Instructions	Iron Horse Instructions Image
Bezel	Iron Horse Bezel Image
Control Panel	Iron Horse Control Panel Image
Side Art	Iron Horse Side Art Image

Iron Horse KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.03 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.80

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	5.00
Sound/Music	4.00

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Iron Horse 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 26 known instances of this machine owned by Iron Horse collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 21 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Iron Horse circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 10 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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

Flyers

Technical

Konami board number GX560, single board.

Manuals

Pinout and DIP Switch Settings - Iron Horse Manual — **Pinout and DIP Switch Settings**
(1 page, 167 kB File)

Instruction Manual - Iron Horse Manual — **Instruction Manual**
(15 pages, 1.5 MB File)

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