Battle Shark
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Description
The game begins under water and you are a sub commander with a veiw of the underwater world through a periscope. Later in the game you surface and have to shoot ships and planes. Good colors and vocals.
Battle Shark was produced by Taito in 1989.
Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Taito during the time period Battle Shark was produced include: Recordbreaker, Jigoku Meguri, Continental Circus, Kurikinton, Top Shooter, Asuka & Asuka, Cadash, Cameltry, Champion Wrestler, and Continental Circuit
Specs
| Name | Battle Shark |
|---|---|
| Developer | Taito (Japan) |
| Year | 1989 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7051 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Shooter |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 1 |
| Game Play | Single |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Miscellaneous
The left and right volume controls are located behind the coin door.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Battle Shark 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 27 known instances of this machine owned by Battle Shark collectors who are active members. Of these, 24 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 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 Battle Shark machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Battle Shark circuit board for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Battle Shark.
This game ranks a 4 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.
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Flyers
1989
/ 2 Pages
1990
1989
/ 2 Pages
Manuals
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- 3D Model (External): Dedicated (e3419f43ec1bdb7c7c8d48014e04ccd1)
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