Space Bird
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Description
Move a spaceship left and right across the bottom of the screen avoiding the diving and swirling enemy craft. Fire up to four missiles at a time and press warp to launch the spaceship up the screen with its destructive shield activated.
Space Bird was produced by Hoei in 1980.
Hoei released 5 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Hoei was based in United States.
Other machines made by Hoei during the time period Space Bird was produced include: Final Ranger, Future Flash, Mayday!!, and Super Meteor
Specs
| Name | Space Bird |
|---|---|
| Developer | Hoei (United States) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9642 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Space |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Instructions | Space Bird Instructions Image |
| Control Panel | Space Bird Control Panel Image |
Game Introduction
If you cannot shoot the last enemy bird after ten passes, you automaticly progress onto the next phase.
Game Play
The game follows the standard Galaxian and Galaga vein, but is different enough to be interesting. The player's spaceship rises up at either side of the screen, the player can have four shots on screen at one time, and enemies require different numbers of shots in order to be destroyed. The enemies can also launch bombs that break into shrapnel when hit.
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Trivia
There is no copyright logo on the screen at any time.
Cabinet Information
The game is housed in a table-top cabinet that is playable from either side.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Bird 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).
Scarce - There are 3 known instances of this machine owned by Space Bird collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 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 Bird circuit board for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 1 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]
Technical
The DIP switches are as follows: 1 and 2 set the number of ships; 3 and 4 set the credits per coin; 5 sets a bonus at 5000 points on or off; 6 sets the use of two-sided players or just one side; and 7 and 8 are unknown.
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