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Phoenix

Description

A spaceship which moves left and right horizontally at the bottom of the screen must destroy bird-shaped spaceships, birds, and finally a mothership at the end of each level. The player's ship is equipped with a shield that requires seven seconds to regenerate before it can be used again.

Phoenix was produced by Centuri in 1980.

Centuri released 14 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Centuri was based in United States.

Other machines made by Centuri during the time period Phoenix was produced include: Battle Station, Eagle, Killer Comet, Pleiades, Pit, The, and Route 16

Specs

Name	Phoenix
Developer	Centuri (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9004
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Phoenix Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Phoenix Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Buttons: 2 - LeftRight Buttons: 2 - FireShield
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cocktail Cabaret/Mini
Side Art	Phoenix Side Art Image

Phoenix KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.69 (14 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.75

Overall Like	4.14
Fun (Social)	3.07
Fun (Solo)	3.86
Collector Desire	3.29

Technical Rating: 3.63

Gameplay	3.79
Graphics	3.79
Originality	3.50
Sound/Music	3.29

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

This trick has to do with the birds as seen on the first board. As they are flying away from you in a diagonal direction that is, when they spread their wings, shoot three within two or three seconds for a 200,000 point bonus. Normally, these birds only score 200 points each. This trick will work on any board with those kinds of birds. The easiest board is the second one because of your ability to rapid fire.

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Miscellaneous

Licensed to Centuri for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Phoenix Census

There are 14,753 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 416 known instances of this machine owned by Phoenix collectors who are active members. Of these, 263 of them are original dedicated machines. 15 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 137 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 19 active VAPS members with a Phoenix machines for sale. There are 5 active VAPS members with a Phoenix circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There are 10 active VAPS members currently looking for Phoenix. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Phoenix circuit board set.

This game ranks a 82 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 15 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

Legacy

Phoenix
Pleiades

Manuals

Service Manual - Phoenix Manual — **Service Manual**
(25 pages, 1.8 MB File)

Instruction Card - Phoenix Manual — **Instruction Card**
(1 page, 72 kB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 99; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 99; Color photo

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