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Galaxy Wars

Description

Launch a missile at flying saucers at the top of the screen. If you miss, hit one of the invincible drones or your missile will get shot and you will lose a launching pad. Lose all launching pads and the game is over.

Galaxy Wars 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 Wars was produced include: Space Wipeout, Wall Block, Trampoline, Top Bowler, Super Speed Race V, Ball Park, Ball Park II, Field Goal, Galaxy Rescue, and Lunar Rescue

Specs

Name	Galaxy Wars
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1979
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7895
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Taito Classic
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 1 - Launch/Thrust
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Galaxy Wars Bezel Image
Control Panel	Galaxy Wars Control Panel Image

Video Clips

Galaxy Wars, Arcade, Taito, 1979

Galaxy Wars KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.18 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.60

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	3.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 2.75

Gameplay	3.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	1.00

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

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Galaxy Wars 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).

Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Galaxy Wars collectors who are active members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 3 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 Galaxy Wars. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Galaxy Wars circuit board set.

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 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

Universal Galaxy Wars Pinout - PCB 7908-A - Galaxy Wars Manual — **Universal Galaxy Wars Pinout - PCB 7908-A**
(1 page, 27 kB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 89; Color photo

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