Galaxy Rescue
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Description
The player controls a lunar lander module that must navigate through a field of asteroids to the bottom of the screen, rescue an astronaut by landing on a plateau, and travel back up to the top through a swarm of flying saucers.
Galaxy Rescue was produced by Taito in 1979.
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 Galaxy Rescue was produced include: Space Wipeout, Wall Block, Trampoline, Top Bowler, Super Speed Race V, Ball Park, Ball Park II, Field Goal, Galaxy Wars, and Lunar Rescue
Specs
| Name | Galaxy Rescue |
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| Developer | Taito (Japan) |
| Year | 1979 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7894 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Space |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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COPY OF: Lunar Rescue
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Galaxy Rescue 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).
Very rare - There is one known instance of this machine owned by an active member Galaxy Rescue collector. It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit).
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
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Technical
The graphics are essentially monochrome with a separate circuit that gives color to rectangular sections of the display.
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