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Night Striker Night Striker - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Night Striker - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A futuristic shooter with scaling graphics that allows a player to choose one of two paths at end of each stage.

Night Striker was produced by Taito in 1989.

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 Night Striker was produced include: Recordbreaker, Jigoku Meguri, Continental Circus, Kurikinton, Top Shooter, Asuka & Asuka, Battle Shark, Cadash, Cameltry, and Champion Wrestler

Specs

Name Night Striker
Developer Taito (Japan)
Year 1989
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8871
Class Wide Release
Genre Air Combat
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Game Play Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls
  • Joystick: Analog
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
  • Environmental/Cockpit

Night Striker KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.88 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 5.00
Fun (Solo) 5.00
Collector Desire 5.00

Technical Rating: 4.75

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 5.00
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 5.00

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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Images

Miscellaneous

An MP3 recording of the song Urban Trail is available at http://www.bubandbob.com/music/NightStriker-UrbanTrail.mp3

A new version of the soundtrack was released in 1998 and is sprinkled with anecdotes (spoken in Japanese) about the game. The CD identification number is ZTTL-0025 and the title is Z-Replica Vol. 2 - Urban Trail Night Striker.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Night Striker 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 15 known instances of this machine owned by Night Striker collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Night Striker.

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 8 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

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Taito: Night Striker - Schematics Package

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Night Striker Premium Arcade Marquee For Restoration Backlit Sign

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