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Gyrodine

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Description

A simple helicopter shooter.

Gyrodine was produced by Taito in 1985.

Taito released 488 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 Gyrodine was produced include: 10-Yard Fight, 40-0, Birdie King 3, Ben Bero Bee, Athlete, Go Go Mr. Yamaguchi, N.Y. Captor, Mat Mania, Legend Of Kage, The, and Fairyland Story

Specs

Name Gyrodine
Developer Taito (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8059
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Taito Classic
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - Fire/Missile|Bomb/Missile
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gyrodine 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 12 known instances of this machine owned by Gyrodine collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 11 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 Gyrodine circuit board for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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