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3 Wonders

Description

This title has three different games from varying genres. Midnight Wanderers is a side-scrolling platform game, Chariot is a side-scrolling shooter, and Don't Pull is a maze/block game. All have very colorful graphics.

3 Wonders was produced by Capcom in 1991.

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 3 Wonders was produced include: 1941: Counter Attack, Magic Sword, Carrier Air Wing, Chiki Chiki Boys, Adventure Quiz 2 - Hatena? No Dai-Bouken, Block Block, Quiz Sangokushi - Chiryaku No Hasha, Captain Commando, Capcom Golf, and King Of Dragons, The

Specs

Name	3 Wonders
Developer	Capcom (Japan)
Year	1991
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10089
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Other
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	3 Wonders Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - Fire/Fire/PushJump/Special Weapon/Push
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	3 Wonders PCB Image

Video Clips

3 Wonders shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Introduction

Midnight Wanderers: This is your basic run-n-jump platform game but the big difference here is the graphics - they are beautiful! You control an elf and run through the levels killing all the bad guys and picking up the power-ups left behind.

Chariot: This game is your basic side-scrolling shooter but again, with awesome graphics. You control an elf in a hang-gliding outfit and destroy wave upon wave of enemies and grab the power-ups to increase your weapon strength.

Don't Pull: I would classify this as a Pengo clone. You control a rabbit, or a chipmunk if you're player two, who run around a maze pushing blocks into the bad guys to smush them. No elves here! Very colorful and overly cutesy graphics.

3 Wonders KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.41 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.50
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	4.50

Technical Rating: 3.42

Gameplay	4.50
Graphics	4.50
Originality	4.50
Sound/Music	3.67

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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Trivia

The elves in this game appear in Capcoms IMarvel Vs. CapcomI as helpers.

Cabinet Information

This game was only sold as a kit in the US. The sideart was just the basic red rectangular generic Capcom USA logo sideart with the white lettering. The control panel overlay is black and has icons and powerups from each of the three games scattered about. The marquee is divided into three sections and shows an artistic drawing of a scene from each of the games.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op 3 Wonders Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 63 known instances of this machine owned by 3 Wonders collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. 60 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a 3 Wonders circuit boards for sale.

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

This game ranks a 20 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

Fixes

This game uses a suicide battery, located on the cboard of the PCB. When this battery dies, the game will no longer operate. You will be greeted with a blank screen upon powerup. A hack exists to revive the game, involving burning one or more new EPROMs and using the cboard from a different CPS1 game one that doesnt have a suicide battery.

Manuals

Manual - 3 Wonders Manual — **Manual**
(5 pages, 793 kB File)

Kit Instruction Manual - 3 Wonders Manual — **Kit Instruction Manual**
(19 pages, 1.3 MB File)

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