Star Force

スター・フォース

Description

Pilot your spaceship over islands floating in space, shooting enemy spacecraft and ground targets. Pick up the special symbols for bonuses and power-ups. Levels are designated by Greek letters and the end boss must be defeated before advancing to the next stage.

Star Force was produced by Tehkan in 1984.

Tehkan released 16 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. Tehkan was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Tehkan during the time period Star Force was produced include: Guzzler, Senjyo, Space Tank, Swimmer, Pleiades, Bomb Jack, Gridiron Fight, Lovely Poker, Pinball Action, and Pontoon

Specs

Name	Star Force
Developer	Tehkan (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9759
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Tehkan
Game Specific	Star Force Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Star Force Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Star Force KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.47 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.60

Overall Like	3.67
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	3.67

Technical Rating: 3.33

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.67
Originality	2.33
Sound/Music	3.33

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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Miscellaneous

Also released under the name Mega Force in 1985.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Force Census

There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).

Common - There are 38 known instances of this machine owned by Star Force collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 36 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Star Force circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Star Force. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Star Force boards sets.

This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 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]

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