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Space Battle

Description

You pilot an arrowhead-shaped vessel at the bottom of the screen, facing off against four different types of enemies in the familiar vertical space-shooter motif. Certain enemies drop "space soldiers" when shot if these make it to the bottom of the screen, they will try to "spear" your ship from behind.

Space Battle was produced by Shoei in 1980.

Shoei released 7 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Shoei was based in United States.

Other machines made by Shoei during the time period Space Battle was produced include: Red Subs, Space Intruder, AME Rug, Sky Army, Streaking, and Dark Horse

Specs

Name	Space Battle
Developer	Shoei (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9640
Class	Bootleg
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Play

This is a four-stage space shoot-em-up game. Stage one is a familiar Galaxians-type scenario, with your ship facing off against a formation of super mosquito aliens that break off and dive at you. Completing this stage warps you to stages two through four, where your ship is positioned an inch or two above the bottom of a screen, just above a dotted blue line. This line serves no purpose during stage two's "hovering attackers", but during stages three and four ("flying bones" and "rolling fire"), the enemies drop Stick Aliens that look like little space soldiers. The Stick Aliens try to get behind the dotted line, where they patrol back and forth underneath your ship, trying to spear you from behind. The only way to get rid of them is to shoot the Killer King which randomly appears during the stage. Completing these three levels warps you back into space, to start the cycle over again.

Space Battle KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 5.00 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 5.00

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

Technical Rating: 5.00

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	5.00
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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Trivia

Space Battle was made in Britain by Game World Ltd under license from Shoi - a small Japanese company.

Miscellaneous

BOOTLEG OF: Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Battle 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).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Space Battle collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Space Battle circuit board for sale.

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

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

Flyers

Venture Line, Inc. - A Step in the Right Direction

1981 / 8 Pages

Talk Of The Town, Game Of The Century

1981

Manuals

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