Side Arms - Hyper Dyne

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Manufacturer: Capcom
Year: 1986
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Space
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 3

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Description

The game is mainly a horizontal scrolling shoot-em-up, although some scenes scroll vertically too. Shooting enemies will reveal power-ups and continually shooting them will either change their type or reveal a special weapon. Different weapons are more effective than others when fighting the end bosses.

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Game Introduction

You have the ability to hold and select between five different weapons at a time. Each weapon can be powered-up a couple of times by collecting a similar option. When you lose a life, you don't lose all of your weapons, just the one you are using when hit. Don't set yourself up for a great ending when you complete the game. There really isn't one.

Game Play

There is a unique power-up that joins both players together as one (or brings in the second player on a single player game). When joined, BOTH controllers allow you to move the single, joined character! This can cause problems, however, if you each want to go different directions. During the attract sequences, when the players are joined, you can even move the character around without having to add any credits.

Miscellaneous

Licensed to Romstar for US manufacture and distribution.

RELATED GAMES: Section Z, Forgotten Worlds

Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)

Common - There are 33 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 1 of them are original dedicated machines, 4 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 28 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 42,694 video games (3,154 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 26 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.

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 operatos 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.

Trivia

The player one character from this game appears again as a bonus item in many Capcom games, including Super Buster Bros., U.N. Squadron and Black Tiger.

This game is the second of Capcom's 'Jet-Pack Hero' shooters. Other games that fall into this category are Section Z and Forgotten Worlds.

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Manuals

Instruction Manual 16 Pages, 2756 KB File.
Schematic 27 Pages, 2327 KB File.

Side Arms - Hyper Dyne - Title screen image

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