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Tattoo Assassins
タッツー・アサシンズ
Description
A two-player fighting game from Data East.
Tattoo Assassins was produced by Data East in 1994.
Data East released 178 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Data East was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Data East during the time period Tattoo Assassins was produced include: Fighter's History, Heavy Smash - The Future Sports, Night Slashers, Spinmaster, Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends, Locked 'N Loaded, Windjammers, Worldcup Volleyball '95, Fighter's History Dynamite, and Street Hoop
Specs
| Name | Tattoo Assassins |
|---|---|
| Developer | Data East (Japan) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10039 |
| Class | Prototype |
| Genre | Fighting |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Joint |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Control Panel | Tattoo Assassins Control Panel Image |
| Side Art | Tattoo Assassins Side Art Image |
Video Clips
Game Introduction
Tattooed warriors engage in ultra-violent combat -- and the inked characters on their flesh come to life in the process.
Game Play
The game play is similar to that of Mortal Kombat.
Tattoo Assassins KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.93 (1 vote)
Fun Factor: 3.60
Overall Like |
3.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 4.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
| Collector Desire | 4.00 |
Technical Rating: 4.25
| Gameplay | 5.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 5.00 |
| Originality | 3.00 |
| Sound/Music | 4.00 |
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Trivia
Written by Bob Gale, screenwriter of "Back to the Future." This was a blatant rip-off of Mortal Kombat, with over 200 fatalities, including nudalities (which were merely rumors in the Mortal Kombat games) and animalities (before Mortal Kombat 3 implemented them). However, it did not have much gameplay appeal, so it was never widely released, even though it did appear in several test markets.
Only two cabinets were ever finished with the complete code. One of these cabinets is still at the Data East headquarters, the other is in a private collection that was destroyed in a flood.
Cabinet Information
The side art displays a giant photo of a tiger.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tattoo Assassins Census
There are 15,391 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,718 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,519 machines (7,025 unique titles).
Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Tattoo Assassins collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Tattoo Assassins circuit board set.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Flyers
1994
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