Star Attack

スター・アタック

Description

A two-stage game where you first shoot ships flying in and out of a black hole and then eliminate spacecraft on a level with scrolling buildings. Shooting ships increments the time counter. Press the "Freeze" button to stop everything except you.

Star Attack was produced by Nichibutsu in 1982.

Nichibutsu released 93 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Nichibutsu was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Nichibutsu during the time period Star Attack was produced include: Frisky Tom, Moon Shuttle, Moon Alien Part II, Moon Alpha, Moon Quasar, Wiping, Radical Radial, Hana Puter, Constella, and Space Fighter X

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Specs

Name	Star Attack
Developer	Nichibutsu (Japan)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9752
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
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: 8-way Buttons: 2 - Fire\|Freeze Time
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

You control a gyroscope-looking ship that shoots at ships as they fly in and out of a line drawn "black hole" on the right side of the screen. To visualize what this looks like, imagine a black rubber sheet with horizontal and vertical lines drawn on it and then drop a heavy weight in the middle stretching it downwards.

On the second stage the screen scrolls right to left with buildings below. Shoot more ships.

A time counter increases with each ship that is destroyed. Pressing "Freeze" decreases the counter and stops the screen and all the other ships, but you can still move around and shoot.

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

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Attack Census

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Scarce - There are 3 known instances of this machine owned by Star Attack 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.

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

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