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Colony 7

コロニー７

Description

Defend Colony 7 from alien attack by using two ion-cannons that fire an exploding shot which knocks out targets near its detonation zone, an eradicator rocket that acts as a "Smartbomb" which clears the entire screen, and an ion shield which provides temporary safety (blasted away by alien fire).

Colony 7 was produced by Taito in 1981.

Taito released 488 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 Colony 7 was produced include: Indian Battle, Lupin III, Crazy Balloon, Moon Lander, Balloon Bomber, Grand Champion, Marine Date, Frog & Spiders, Alpine Ski, and Fitter

Specs

Name	Colony 7
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7367
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini
Side Art	Colony 7 Side Art Image

Game Play

Extended weaponry gives the players weapons a greater area of destruction, and requires additional coins. Game is very similar in play to both Pleiads (first screen) as far as general theme goes, and Missile Command as far as actual gameplay (using a joystick, versus a trackball, and only one button to fire from two guns, versus three buttons for three bases).

Colony 7 KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

Cabinet Information

The cabinet is pretty bland and rather large.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Colony 7 Census

There are 15,387 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,716 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,516 machines (7,025 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Colony 7 collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Colony 7.

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.

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

Flyers

Manuals

Owner's Manual - Colony 7 Manual — **Owner's Manual**
(29 pages, 2.7 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 104; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 104; Color photo

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