Polaris

ポラリス

Description

Navigate your sub to avoid bombs, depth charges, enemy subs and airplanes. Half of the screen has an underwater view where you can maneuver your sub.

Polaris was produced by Taito in 1980.

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 Polaris was produced include: Galaxy Rescue, Field Goal, Ball Park, Ball Park II, Galaxy Wars, Lupin III, Moon Lander, Indian Battle, Balloon Bomber, and Crazy Balloon

Specs

Name	Polaris
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9062
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Polaris Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini Cocktail

Video Clips

Polaris, Arcade, Taito, 1980

Polaris KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Polaris Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Polaris collectors who are active members. Of these, 22 of them are original dedicated machines. 11 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 Polaris.

This game ranks a 6 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

Service Instructions and Parts Catalog - Polaris Manual — **Service Instructions and Parts Catalog**
(20 pages, 4.2 MB File)

Schematics - Polaris Manual — **Schematics**
(5 pages, 1.21 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 94; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 94; Color photo

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