UniWar S
ユニウォーＳ
Description
You pilot an arrowhead-shaped vessel at the bottom of the screen, facing off against four different types of enemies in the familiar vertical space-shooter motif. Certain enemies drop "Spy Aliens" when shot. If these make it to the bottom of the screen, they will try to "spear" your ship from behind. It was among one of the most commonly bootlegged titles at the time.
UniWar S was produced by Irem in 1980.
Irem released 92 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Irem was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Irem during the time period UniWar S was produced include: Capsule Invader, IPM Invader, Commander, PT Reach Mahjong, PT Block, Sky Chuter, Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu, Andromeda, Panther, and Red Alert
Specs
| Name | UniWar S |
|---|---|
| Developer | Irem (Japan) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10268 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Space |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| Game Specific | UniWar S Pinout |
| Dipswitch Settings | |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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| Bezel | UniWar S Bezel Image |
| Control Panel | UniWar S Control Panel Image |
| PCB | UniWar S PCB Image |
Game Play
This is a four-stage space shoot-em-up game. Stage one is a familiar Galaxians-type scenario, with your ship facing off against a formation of "Super Mosquito" aliens that break off and dive at you. Completing this stage warps you to stages two through four, where your ship is positioned an inch or two above the bottom of a screen, just above a dotted blue line. This line serves no purpose during stage two's "Hovering Attackers", but during stages three (Demon Fly) and four (Rolling Fire), the enemies drop "Spy Aliens" that look like little space soldiers. The Spy Aliens rush to get behind the dotted line, where they patrol back and forth underneath your ship, trying to catchyou off guard where they will poke your ship with their "electronic spear". The only way to get rid of them is to shoot the "Killer King" which randomly appears during stages three and four. After completing stage four, you advance to the next pattern.
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COPY OF: Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op UniWar S Census
There are 15,368 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 167,369 machines (7,023 unique titles).
Common - There are 22 known instances of this machine owned by UniWar S collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 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. 7 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 UniWar S machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a UniWar S circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Flyers
1980
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1980
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Technical
The game runs on a modified Galaxian board with jumpers attached to a daughterboard holding the ROMs.
Manuals
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