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Cosmic Alien

Description

This is an early vertical space shooter game. You must destroy all aliens and a special monster that sometimes appears on the screen.

Cosmic Alien was produced by Universal in 1980.

Universal released 52 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Universal was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Cosmic Alien was produced include: Alien Invader, Cosmic Guerilla, Cosmic Monsters, Limbo, Get A Way, Magical Spot II, Cheeky Mouse, Space Panic, Devil Zone, and Magical Spot

Specs

Name	Cosmic Alien
Developer	Universal (Japan)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	7398
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Cosmic Alien Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Cosmic Alien Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard H: 66.93 x W: 25.2 x D: 31.5 inches (170.00 x 64.01 x 80.01 cm) Cocktail
Instructions	Cosmic Alien Instructions Image
Bezel	Cosmic Alien Bezel Image
Control Panel	Cosmic Alien Control Panel Image
Side Art	Cosmic Alien Side Art Image

Video Clips

(first level complete) Cosmic Alien, arcade, Universal, 1979

COSMIC ALIEN by UNIVERSAL Cocktail Table from 1979 real Hardware

Game Play

Fight the three types of aliens that appear in the different levels. The longer you play the more aliens will fly down to you dropping deadly bombs. Some aliens fly together in a formation making a cool jet sound.

Cosmic Alien KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.53 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

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

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

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.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

If you destroy all the smaller aliens but one, that last alien will turn into the "special monster" - a giant gargoyle which is named Bagle. Bagle will then dive bomb the player. Bagle can be destroyed after one hit, as he's really only faster and bigger than the smaller aliens.

Starting on screen 11, the "soldier" aliens can dodge your missiles.

Images

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Cabinet Information

The tabletop cabinet has as frontglass painted with Cosmic Alien artwork. The joystick is located at the bottom and the fire button is found to the right of that.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Cosmic Alien Census

There are 15,268 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 166,977 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Common - There are 47 known instances of this machine owned by Cosmic Alien collectors who are active members. Of these, 38 of them are original dedicated machines. 8 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Cosmic Alien machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Cosmic Alien circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Cosmic Alien. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Cosmic Alien circuit board set.

This game ranks a 10 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.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance, Service Manual - Cosmic Alien Manual — **Operation, Maintenance, Service Manual**
(27 pages, 2.1 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (ee2a4749ff364fb515000ab5e56184f5)

Arcade Map - Play This Game

Our members have reported that Cosmic Alien is playable at 1 locations:

Name	Location	State	Country	Details	Check-ins
Funspot	579 Endicott St North, Laconia	New Hampshire	United States	Unknown	25

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