War Of The Worlds
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Description
Fire at attacking Martians and avoid Martian laserfire. Kill tripods, etc.
War Of The Worlds was produced by Cinematronics in 1982.
Cinematronics released 33 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. Cinematronics was based in United States.
Other machines made by Cinematronics during the time period War Of The Worlds was produced include: Boxing Bugs, Solar Quest, Armor Attack, Rip Off, Star Castle, Freeze, Jack The Giantkiller, Zzyzzyxx, Brix, and Cosmic Chasm
Specs
| Name | War Of The Worlds |
|---|---|
| Developer | Cinematronics (United States) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10401 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Space |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # 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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| Control Panel | War Of The Worlds Control Panel Image |
| Side Art | War Of The Worlds Side Art Image |
| PCB | War Of The Worlds PCB Image |
Game Introduction
Based on the H.G. Wells book of the same name.
War Of The Worlds KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.49 (2 votes)
Fun Factor: 3.10
Overall Like |
3.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 3.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 3.00 |
| Collector Desire | 3.50 |
Technical Rating: 3.88
| Gameplay | 5.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 3.50 |
| Originality | 3.50 |
| Sound/Music | 3.50 |
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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Trivia
The game is presumably based on H. G. Wells novel of the same name.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op War Of The Worlds 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 16 known instances of this machine owned by War Of The Worlds collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines. 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a War Of The Worlds machine for sale.
Wanted - Popular - There are 11 active VAPS members currently looking for War Of The Worlds.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 17 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]
Technical
The hardware wasnt powerful enough to display all the images in realtime, so there was a noticeable amount of slowdown on the screen. The game was actually coded to use a color XY monitor
Foto-Finder® (Books)
- The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 134; Color photo Price guide: No
- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 134; Color photo
Additional References (logged in members often see more)
- 3D Model (External): Upright (d06ffacb1b39879873b4ec5aa28d567a)
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