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Gain Ground

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Gain Ground - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Players choose one of three characters, each with their own unique weapons, strengths and weaknesses. On each level, players must kill all the enemies and save the additional characters. Time is a factor in this game and all the characters that do not enter the exit will be lost.

Gain Ground was produced by Sega in 1988.

Sega released 594 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega is based in Japan.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Gain Ground was produced include: Chrono Soldier, DakkoChan Jansoh, After Burner, After Burner II, Center Court, Galaxy Force, Hot Rod, Galaxy Force II, Global Defense, and Altered Beast

Specs

Name Gain Ground
Developer Sega (Japan)
Year 1988
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7878
Class Wide Release
Genre Fighting
Fighting Style Scrolling Fighter
Monitor
Conversion Class Sega System 24
# Simultaneous Players 3
# Maximum Players 3
Game Play Competitive
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - Main Weapon|Special Weapon
Sound Amplified Either (Mono or Stereo)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Gain Ground Control Panel Image

Game Play

The players move through fields, castles, forests, forts, etc. and try to kill all enemies and save all characters. All saved characters will join your ranks as bonus players.

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Cabinet Information

This game is housed in a fairly large cabinet and the monitor glass describes all the characters found in the game. The control panel has three colors: red, yellow and blue.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gain Ground 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).

Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Gain Ground collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. 6 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 an extra Gain Ground circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Gain Ground.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 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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