Blue Shark

Description

An undersea shooting game where the player uses a mounted spear gun to kill sea creatures that move across the screen. Shoot the sharks, swordfish and octopuses but try not to hit any of the skindivers.

Blue Shark was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1978.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 132 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959. Midway Manufacturing Co. was based in United States.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Blue Shark was produced include: Boot Hill, Checkmate, Desert Gun, Double Play, Guided Missile, Rotation VIII, Extra Inning, Sea Wolf II, Clowns, and Dog Patch

Specs

Name	Blue Shark
Developer	Midway Manufacturing Co. (United States)
Year	1978
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7173
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Black and White with a Color Overlay
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Gun: Positional with trigger
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Blue Shark Bezel Image

Video Clips

Midway Blue Shark (1978)

Blue Shark KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Images

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Blue Shark 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 12 known instances of this machine owned by Blue Shark collectors who are active members. Of these, 12 of them are original dedicated machines.

Wanted - There are 7 active VAPS members currently looking for Blue Shark.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 12 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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Manuals

Parts Catalog - Blue Shark Manual — **Parts Catalog**
(46 pages, 2.6 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 74; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 74; Color photo

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