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Spiders

Description

Move your missile base back and forth and shoot at a growing spider web and attacking spiders. Every few rounds a woman's face will appear and she will wink at you.

Spiders was produced by Sigma Ent. Inc. in 1981.

Sigma Ent. Inc. released 4 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Sigma Ent. Inc. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sigma Ent. Inc. during the time period Spiders was produced include: Golden Invaders, Battle Cruiser M-12, and Wanted

Specs

Name	Spiders
Developer	Sigma Ent. Inc. (United States)
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9718
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Spiders Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Spiders Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini
Control Panel	Spiders Control Panel Image
Side Art	Spiders Side Art Image

Video Clips

Sigma SPIDERS Cabaret Arcade Video Game

Spiders KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.56 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.87

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	4.33
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay	3.67
Graphics	3.33
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	3.00

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.

Images

Cabinet Information

The side-art for this cabinet shows a spider in a web.

Miscellaneous

This game was licensed to Venture Line. It uses a lot of high-pitched beeps for the music.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Spiders Census

There are 15,247 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,663 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,913 machines (6,994 unique titles).

Common - There are 30 known instances of this machine owned by Spiders collectors who are active members. Of these, 19 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 9 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 Spiders machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Spiders circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Spiders.

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 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

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

1981 / 8 Pages

Manuals

Foto-Finder® (Books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 104; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (1d289605-5d39-44f3-b814-e285e8072bb4)

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