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End The

Description

The player controls a bug at the bottom of the screen, shooting smaller bugs that peel off the carapace of a huge mother beetle. Prevent small bugs from taking away blocks from under you, and spelling "The End" in blocks.

End The was produced by Stern Electronics in 1980.

Stern Electronics released 67 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Stern Electronics was based in United States.

Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period End The was produced include: Trident, Hot Hand, Meteor, Dracula, Magic, Ali, Star Gazer, Nine Ball, Berzerk, and Astro Invader

Specs

Name	End The
Developer	Stern Electronics (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	12912
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Konami Classic
Game Specific	End The Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail
Control Panel	End The Control Panel Image

Game Play

There are two ways to lose. The primary and most familiar is to exhaust ships, but the player guards ranks of blocks which are stolen and placed to spell the words "The End". The game is over when this happens.

End The KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.75 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.75

Overall Like	4.50
Fun (Social)	2.00
Fun (Solo)	2.00
Collector Desire	2.00

Technical Rating: 5.00

Gameplay	2.00
Graphics	2.00
Originality	2.00
Sound/Music	2.00

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.

Images

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Konami

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op End The Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Common - There are 41 known instances of this machine owned by End The collectors who are active members. Of these, 26 of them are original dedicated machines. 15 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a End The machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for End The.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 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

Schematics - End The Manual — **Schematics**
(2 pages, 1.35 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Arcade Treasures Kurtz (ISBN 088740619X) Page: 172; Color photo
The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 238; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 238; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (e0b7233876a801b456802c1861509c88)

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