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Tac/Scan

Description

The player controls a fleet of seven ships through three stages: Armada Attack, 3-D Armada Attack, and a Space Warp Tunnel. The player can gain additional ships to replace ships that get destroyed.

Tac/Scan was produced by Sega in 1982.

Sega released 593 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1960. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Tac/Scan was produced include: Turpin, Turbo, Star Laker, K.O. Punch, Borderline, 005, Ali Baba And 40 Thieves, Buck Rogers - Planet Of Zoom, Guttang Gottong, and Monster Bash

Specs

Name	Tac/Scan
Developer	Sega (United States)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10007
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Vector Color: Color 19-inch Electrohome G08
Conversion Class	Sega G80 System Vector
Dipswitch Settings	Tac/Scan Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Rotary: Optical Buttons: 2 - FireAdd Ship
Sound	Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Video Clips

Sega Gremlin TAC SCAN Arcade Video Game

Game Introduction

Tac/Scan is a very unique game in that you control just how many resources in this case, ships are put into play. You start with seven individual ships in play. Those ships can be lost in any of the three stages by hitting a tunnel, getting shot, or hitting the enemy. You are able to "collect" and earn these ships back as the game progresses. You can drop down to one ship in the game, but still have four "back-up" ships but do not loose the one ship in play, otherwise your game is over. This is unique to other games that give you ships sequentially.

In the first stage, you pilot your ships through waves of attacking enemies. You can either fire upon them, or "tac" your ships around them. The second stage is much like the first, except that it is from a 3-D perspective from behind your ships. In the third stage, you pilot your ship down a space warp tunnel. You will lose any ships that touch the side of the tunnel.

Tac/Scan KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.45 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.40

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

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

Conversion

Was marketed as a converta-game for simplified conversion to other Sega XY games.

Miscellaneous

The game was also released in a cocktail cabinet.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tac/Scan 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).

Very Common - There are 61 known instances of this machine owned by Tac/Scan collectors who are active members. Of these, 49 of them are original dedicated machines. 7 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Tac/Scan machine for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 19 active VAPS members currently looking for Tac/Scan.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 25 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

You Can Bank On Sega's New Lineup

1983 / 2 Pages

Fixes

There is a Sega XY FAQ that contains repair tips for this and many other games.

As with all of Sega's vector games, the Electrohome color vector monitor used for this game has a notorious tendency to catch fire. It is unknown what to do to prevent this.

Manuals

Service Note - Tac/Scan Manual — **Service Note**
(1 page, 0.16 MB File)

Preliminary Owner's Manual - Tac/Scan Manual — **Preliminary Owner's Manual**
(20 pages, 1.61 MB File)

Owner's Manual - Tac/Scan Manual — **Owner's Manual**
(154 pages, 4.99 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 141; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 141; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (b5839e5862dcd87aa97c57b6399ac798)

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