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Viper Phase 1

Description

A very good vertical shooter that is set in outer space. You can improve your fighter with lasers, rockets, wide shots or napalm guns. Fight against all kinds of enemies until you reach the end-of-level boss.

Viper Phase 1 was produced by Seibu Kaihatsu in 1995.

Seibu Kaihatsu released 26 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Seibu Kaihatsu was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Seibu Kaihatsu during the time period Viper Phase 1 was produced include: Raiden DX, Raiden II, Zero Team, Olympic Soccer '92, Seibu Cup Soccer, Battle Balls, Raiden Fighters, Gun Dogs, E-Jong High School, and Raiden Fighters 2: Operation Hell Dive

Specs

Name	Viper Phase 1
Developer	Seibu Kaihatsu (Japan)
Year	1995
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10325
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - Fire\|Special Weapon
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Instructions	Viper Phase 1 Instructions Image
PCB	Viper Phase 1 PCB Image

Video Clips

Viper Phase-1 New Version shmup played on a JAMMA arcade cabinet

Viper Phase 1 KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.65 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	5.00

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	5.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	5.00

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.

Images

Conversion

Raiden Fighters, Raiden Fighters 2 and Senkyu use the same motherboard as this game. The Japanese ROM cartridges are not compatible with the European motherboard and vice versa.

Miscellaneous

There is also a new version of Viper Phase 1 available. There are only minor differences in game play between the two versions.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Viper Phase 1 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 87 known instances of this machine owned by Viper Phase 1 collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are original dedicated machines. 10 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 71 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 a Viper Phase 1 machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Viper Phase 1 circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Viper Phase 1. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Viper Phase 1 boards sets.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 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

Technical

The game cartridge runs on the Seibu SPI-System motherboard.

Licenced to Fabtek for US manufacture and distribution.

Manuals

Operators Manual - Viper Phase 1 Manual — **Operators Manual**
(5 pages, 1.3 MB File)

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