SWAT

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Game Introduction

Game Play

There are four types of enemies:

• Blockers - These foes build the tunnels and they can exit the tunnel system or be forced out. If they exit the tunnels, they produce Expelers and quickly make their way to the bottom of the screen to re-enter the tunnels. This is the only time that they are vulnerable.
• Expelers - These enemies, produced by the Blockers, chase your agent around the screen and attempt to corner him. They travel at different speeds, generally moving faster as they get closer to your man.
• Anngrers - These cubed-shaped foes are invulnerable to your SWAT agent's fire. Shooting this type of enemy will cause it to chase your man very quickly. They can be destroyed by using bombs, but a new Anngrer will be created in its place at the bottom of the screen. These enemies can travel in and out of the tunnel system wherever they choose.
• Sweepers - Along with additional enemy fire, these foes appear in pairs on the left and right sides of the tunnel along if the bottom and top portions of the screen are connected by one continuous tunnel. They will line up with each other on either side of your SWAT agent and fire at him. Sweepers require multiple shots to be destroyed.

Your man, a futuristic SWAT agent, can shoot blue tunnel sections to destroy them. Pink tunnels can not be destroyed by your man, but may be "shoved" off the screen by your SWAT agent if he pushes against them and fires. Tunnel sections on the opposite side will whiz off the screen if unobstructed or rest against another tunnel section if one blocks it. Pink blocks which are no longer connected to the bottom turn blue and float toward the top.

Your SWAT agent, who rides around the screen on a small hoverboard, begins his mission with a limited number of "bombs" which he can use to destroy all enemies in a large area, including the "indestructible" Anngrers. Additional bombs are earned for every 10 blue tunnel sections destroyed.

The round ends when a predetermined number of Blockers are destroyed. Each subsequent round requires a greater number of Blockers to be destroyed to advance to the next round.

Your agent loses a life if he is caught by an alien, hit by alien fire, or caught in the blast radius of his own bombs. Only one additional life, if set, can be awarded per game.

Miscellaneous

VAPS Arcade Census

Very Rare - There is one known instance of SWAT owned by one of our 900 members. It is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 56,611 video games (3,411 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - We currently do not know of any VAPS members that have gotten around to adding this game to their wish list. The wish-list system is fairly new (not all VAPS members have filled one out) and there are probably a number of collectors who might purchase this game if offered one at the right price. There is one VAPS member looking for a SWAT circuit board set.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with an extra SWAT circuit board for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.

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.

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