A vertically scrolling shooter. Soldiers must destroy a variety of attacking enemies using their guns and hand grenades.
Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty was produced by Romstar in 1989.
Romstar released 9 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1987. Romstar was based in United States.
Other machines made by Romstar during the time period Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty was produced include: Sky Shark, Time Soldiers, Championship Bowling, Down Town, Fire Shark, Skeet Shot, and Popshot!
Name | Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty |
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Developer | Romstar (United States) |
Year | 1989 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7258 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | JAMMA |
Dipswitch Settings |
Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty Dipswitch Settings (user contributed) |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Joint |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Bezel | Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty Bezel Image |
Control Panel | Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty Control Panel Image |
Side Art | Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty Side Art Image |
PCB | Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty PCB Image |
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This game is also known as Far East. It was created by Seta and licensed to Romstar for US manufacture and distribution.
The joysticks look similar to the LS-30 variety used for games such as Ikari Warriors, Heavy Barrel, and Time Soldiers, but they are different. The Loop-24 joysticks have a four-pin connector on the bottom of the stick that connects directly to the game board.
There are 15,272 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,670 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,971 machines (7,000 unique titles).
Common - There are 47 known instances of this machine owned by Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 32 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 Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty circuit board for sale.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Cal .50 - Caliber Fifty circuit board set.
This game ranks a 15 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.
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