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Dyger

ダイガー

Description

An air combat shooter.

Dyger was produced by Philko in 1989.

Philko released 7 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1988. Philko was based in United States.

Other machines made by Philko during the time period Dyger was produced include: Turtle Ship, Twin Falcons, Whizz, Xyonix, Atomic Point, and Lock On

Specs

Name	Dyger
Developer	Philko (United States)
Year	1989
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7672
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooting Vehicle
Perspective	Top Down
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - Fire\|Bomb
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Play

This shooter has power-ups that only last for a set amount of time.

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

Images

Miscellaneous

This game was licensed to Sharp Image for manufacture and distribution in the United States.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Dyger 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 9 known instances of this machine owned by Dyger collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 7 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 Dyger.

This game ranks a 2 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

Manuals

Dyger Conversion Game Instruction Manual - Dyger Manual — **Dyger Conversion Game Instruction Manual**
(3 pages, 0.19 MB File)

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