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Vs. Sky Kid Vs. Sky Kid - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Vs. Sky Kid - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

You play a bi-plane pilot who shoots at enemy planes and trucks while on a mission to pick up a bomb and drop it on an enemy target. Bonus points are awarded based upon how well the target has been destroyed. The game has cartoon-style graphics and great music.

Vs. Sky Kid was produced by Namco in 1985.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Vs. Sky Kid was produced include: Tower Of Druaga, The, TX-1, Super Xevious, Shoot Away, Grobda, Alien Sector, Baraduke, Dig Dug II, MetroCross, and Motos

VS. Sky Kid
VS. Sky Kid

Specs

Name Vs. Sky Kid
Developer Namco (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 10367
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Nintendo Vs.
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 - Fire|Loop/Bomb
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This version of Sky Kid was released by Namco for the Nintendo Vs. Systems. It is exactly the same as the original Namco game except for it having fewer colors and simpler graphics.

Vs. Sky Kid KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.05 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

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

Technical Rating: 3.50

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 3.00
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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Conversion

This game uses the Nintendo Vs. system with a special Namco plug-in ROM card. The game can be converted to any other Vs. game by simply removing the plug-in card and inserting new ROMs.

Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Sky Kid

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Vs. Sky Kid Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this machine owned by Vs. Sky Kid collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 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 4 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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Legacy

  1. Vs. Sky Kid
  2. Vs. Super Sky Kid

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