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Wild Western

Description

A sheriff on horseback must protect a train, located in the center of the screen, from groups of bandits. Players must avoid running into obstacles, getting shot, or allowing three bandits to board the train. A bonus game is played between rounds.

Wild Western was produced by Taito in 1982.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Wild Western was produced include: Janputer, Space Cruiser, Zarzon, T.T Mahjong, Space Seeker, Birdie King, Electric Yo-Yo, Front Line, Jungle Boy, and Jungle Hunt

Specs

Name	Wild Western
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1982
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10436
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical
Conversion Class	Taito Classic
Game Specific	Wild Western Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Wild Western Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Rotary: 8-position switch with push-down button - F Buttons: 1 - Hop/Duck
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Wild Western KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.17 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.47

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	1.00
Fun (Solo)	4.00
Collector Desire	1.00

Technical Rating: 3.00

Gameplay	3.50
Graphics	3.00
Originality	3.50
Sound/Music	2.00

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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Cabinet Information

The game is housed in a standard Taito-logo cabinet of the early eighties. The design is similar to the cabinets used for Jungle Hunt, Qix and Elevator Action.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Wild Western 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).

Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Wild Western collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 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. 12 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Wild Western circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Wild Western.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 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]

Flyers

Manuals

Owner's Manual - Wild Western Manual — **Owner's Manual**
(51 pages, 4.5 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 139; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 139; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (ab3d9d533385045dc3864156e4194aad)

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