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Xenophobe

Description

A horizontal monitor is split into three sections, one for each of up to three people. Players wander around a space station shooting as many Ridley-Scott-esque aliens as they can before health or time runs out; then it's off to the next space station. There are multiple weapon types, including a duck gun!

Xenophobe was produced by Bally Midway in 1987.

Bally Midway released 96 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Bally Midway was based in United States.

Other machines made by Bally Midway during the time period Xenophobe was produced include: Strange Science, Max RPM, Rampage, Lady Luck, Motordome, Party Animal, City Slicker, Dungeons & Dragons, Heavy Metal Meltdown, and Hardbody

Specs

Name	Xenophobe
Developer	Bally Midway (United States)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10503
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Scrolling Fighter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Midway Mono Board
# Simultaneous Players	3
# Maximum Players	3
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way stick with trigger and two thumb buttons - Fire\|Special Function 1\|Special Function 2
Sound	Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard - 307 lbs
PCB	Xenophobe PCB Image

Video Clips

Bally Midway Xenophobe

Xenophobe KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.83 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.60

Overall Like	3.50
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	3.50

Technical Rating: 2.92

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	3.00
Originality	4.00
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.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

Cheat - To get an unlimited quantity of grenades, throw one grenade into the next room before you walk in. Some rooms will give you three grenades to pick up when you follow into the room. You then can walk in and out of the room thowing one grenade in and picking three up.

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Xenophobe 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).

Very Common - There are 105 known instances of this machine owned by Xenophobe collectors who are active members. Of these, 76 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 24 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with a Xenophobe machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Xenophobe circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 10 active VAPS members currently looking for Xenophobe. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Xenophobe circuit board set.

This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 13 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

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Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (d475fd13c90f507fe66202687a227eab)

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