Lightning Fighters

Description

A vertical shooter with cool weapons such as a fire dragon.

Lightning Fighters was produced by Konami in 1990.

Konami released 434 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Lightning Fighters was produced include: Kyuukouka Bakugekitai, Cosmic Wars, Main Stadium, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles - Style 2, Aliens, Golfing Greats, Over Drive, Parodius Da, and Punk Shot

Specs

Name	Lightning Fighters
Developer	Konami (Japan)
Year	1990
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8429
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Dipswitch Settings	Lightning Fighters Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireSuper Weapon
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Lightning Fighters KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.82 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.70

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 2.83

Gameplay	3.50
Graphics	4.00
Originality	2.67
Sound/Music	4.00

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Lightning Fighters 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).

Common - There are 26 known instances of this machine owned by Lightning Fighters 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. 25 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

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

This game ranks a 9 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]

Flyers

Manuals

Manual - Lightning Fighters Manual — **Manual**
(6 pages, 172 kB File)

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