Vanguard II

Description

A sequel to the classic space shooter.

Vanguard II was produced by SNK in 1984.

SNK released 183 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. SNK was based in Japan.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Vanguard II was produced include: Joyful Road, Marvin's Maze, Pair Play: Champion Baseball Part II, Tangram, Lasso, Mad Crasher, Jumping Cross, Gladiator 1984, Main Event, and HAL 21

Specs

Name	Vanguard II
Developer	SNK (Japan)
Year	1984
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10294
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Vanguard II Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Vanguard II Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - FireMissile
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

Vanguard 2 defends the planet from an attacking alien space platform that is defended by enemy spacecraft. The Fire button handles air-to-air combat but it takes the Missile button to destroy the continually moving space platform below.

Vanguard II KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.98 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.20

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

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	3.00
Sound/Music	3.00

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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Vanguard II 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).

Uncommon - There are 8 known instances of this machine owned by Vanguard II collectors who are active members. Of these, 8 of them are only 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.

This game ranks a 2 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]

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