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Pop Flamer Pop Flamer - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Pop Flamer - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Players control a mouse with a flame-thrower that pops balloons! Scorch the attacking monsters while popping all the balloons on a level. Sip the power drink to transform into the Super Mouse and attack the monsters.

Pop Flamer was produced by Jaleco in 1982.

Jaleco released 98 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1982. Jaleco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Jaleco during the time period Pop Flamer was produced include: Naughty Boy, Top Roller, Saturn, Exerion, and Dingo

Specs

Name Pop Flamer
Developer Jaleco (Japan)
Year 1982
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9085
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Konami Classic
Game Specific Pop Flamer Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Pop Flamer Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 - Flame
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

From the Stern sales flyer probably the same as the instruction sheet:

  • Operate POP FLAMER with lever to crush ballons avoiding or burning up monsters.
  • Be careful! If hit by electro-shock wave emmited by HARADON, POP FLAMER will be paralyzed for a while.
  • Flaming distance comes to be shorter gradually. Replenish fuel supply by crushing balloons.
  • Throw flame to exterminate frogs if blocked by them.
  • Get POWER DRINK to change to SUPER MOUSE and swallow monsters nearby.
  • POP FLAMER disappears if touched by monsters.

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Conversion

If this game's boardset has the Stern adaptor installed, it can be swapped into just about any other vertical Konami cabinet.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Stern

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pop Flamer 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 21 known instances of this machine owned by Pop Flamer collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Pop Flamer machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Pop Flamer.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 3 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

Technical

This game uses a Z80 CPU. The original Jaleco boardset does not use the Konami pinout, but the Stern conversion includes an adaptor that converts it to this class.

Manuals

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