Shanghai Kid, The

Description

A kid fights in matches against wrestlers, boxers, karate fighters and more.

Shanghai Kid, The was produced by Taiyo in 1985.

Taiyo released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Taiyo was based in United States.

Specs

Name	Shanghai Kid, The
Developer	Taiyo (United States)
Year	1985
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9505
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Fighting
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Shanghai Kid, The Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way with two buttons - KickPunch
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard

Game Play

The gameplay is mostly reactive. Indicators appear on-screen when you should attack or defend in a particular direction.

Shanghai Kid, The KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Miscellaneous

Japanese title is "Hokuha Syourin Hiryu no Ken". c1985 Nihon Game distributed by Taito Nihon Game changed their name to Culture Brain. Also distributed with Data East and Memetron licenses.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Shanghai Kid, The 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 11 known instances of this machine owned by Shanghai Kid, The collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 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 Shanghai Kid, The circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 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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Technical

CPUs: 2xZ80, AY8910

Two board set CPU/sound and video.

Fixes

This game has a battery backed protection module. If the battery dies, the game will boot, but report "BBX NG" and reset, forever. If this happens, the game can be revived by burning a new EPROM containing the code from inside the RAM.

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