V-Five
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Description
A vertical shooter from Toaplan that has very big and powerful enemies and a difficulty level that is quite high.
V-Five was produced by Toaplan in 1993.
Toaplan released 31 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1986. Toaplan was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Toaplan during the time period V-Five was produced include: Dogyuun, Fixeight, Tatsujin Ou, Truxton II, Pipi & Bibis, Batsugun, Grind Stormer, Knuckle Bash, Emma Daio, and Dynamic Trial 7
Specs
| Name | V-Five |
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| Developer | Toaplan (Japan) |
| Year | 1993 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10277 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Shooter |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
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| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Game Play
There is actually a major difference in the way bonuses work between V-Five and Grindstormer. In Grindstormer, destroyed ennemies leave bonuses that directly affect the ship. You can pick up "speed up", "shot", "search" etc bonuses directly instead of selecting them from a bonus table.
In V-Five, each bonus gem makes a cursor advance 1 step in the bonus table on the bottom on the screen (similar to Slap Fight, also developped by Toaplan). Bonuses are: Speed Up, Shot, Search, Missile, Power, and Shield. Press the B button to get the bonus indicated by the cursor's position in the bonus table.
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Miscellaneous
This game is also known as Grind Stormer.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op V-Five Census
There are 15,275 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,671 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,969 machines (6,998 unique titles).
Common - There are 30 known instances of this machine owned by V-Five collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 29 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. There is one active VAPS member looking for a V-Five circuit board set.
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.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
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