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Manufacturer:
Nihon Bussan/AV Japan Year: 1984 Class: Wide Release Genre: Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Cobra Command DescriptionCobra Command was a laser disc conversion kit for Dragon's Lair/Space Ace and M.A.C.H. III games. The two kits were different and had different boards completely. They also used different laser disc players. Cobra Command involved flying your helicopter through different laser disc-generated sections. After completing all sections you attacked the main enemy headquarters.Know anything more about this game? Game IntroductionThere are seven flying sections that you have to go through to reach the enemy base. The game has two ways of firing: machine gun and missile. The machine gun requires multiple hits while the missile can take out an object with one shot. Cobra Command has overlaid graphics generated by the game PCB that shows the score for each player, the cross-hairs for your gun/missile and the enemy damage meter. The game graphics are also used for instructions and high score tables, but the rest is laser disc graphics.Cobra Command was released as a kit for Dragon's Lair and M.A.C.H. 3 games. The first kit included a game PCB, harness, laser disc, control panel and marquee and used the LDV-1000 player. The second kit was just a ROM swap which made the conversion much less complicated. This title should not be confused with the 1988 Data East game Cobra Command that was a horizontal-scrolling shooter. MiscellaneousThe game is also known as Thunder Storm.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Uncommon - There are 18 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines, 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 7 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 52,014 video games (3,346 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There are 3 VAPS members currently looking for this game. Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range. eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Cobra Command Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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