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Pulstar Pulstar - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Pulstar - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A horizontal scrolling shooter.

Pulstar was produced by Aicom in 1995.

Aicom released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1994.

Other machines made by Aicom during the time period Pulstar was produced include: Janshin Densetsu - Quest Of Jongmaster

Pulstar - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Pulstar
Developer Aicom
Year 1995
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9151
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Neo Geo MVS
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [Fire|Drone Control]
Sound Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Instructions Pulstar Instructions Image

Pulstar KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.28 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

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

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 5.00
Originality 1.00
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.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Pulstar Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 90 known instances of this machine owned by Pulstar collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 86 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Pulstar circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Pulstar.

This game ranks a 35 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 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]

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