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Smash TV

Smash TV - Japanese Title

Smash TV - marquee

Manufacturer: Williams Electronic Games, Inc. (WMS, 1985-2000)
Year: 1990
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
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 [Move]
  • Joystick: 8-way [Fire]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Smash TV


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Smash TV Description

A futuristic game show (actually 1999!) where one or two players attempt to collect prizes, cash and keys while fighting off hordes of attacking enemies. Travel from room to room in an attempt to reach the Pleasure Dome. The game is somewhat graphic in both player and opponent deaths.

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Cabinet Information

The first series of cabinet was released with 19-inch monitors while the more common second series was fitted with 25-inch monitors.

Miscellaneous

Ah, the elusive Pleasure Domes. No description of Smash TV would be complete without it. So here is the scoop:
  • The Pleasure Domes only exist on games with ROM revision 8.00 ("L8 ROMs") and higher.
  • How do I get there?
    1. Collect keys. Every once and a while, a little "key" icon will be dropped onto the floor. According to the messages given at the start of each level on an L8 machine, you need ten keys to get in. Depending on how your game is set up, this can be difficult or impossible, unless you ...
    2. Go through the mazes in such a way as to get as many "$" rooms as possible. On the second level (i.e. the one following your victory over Mutoid Man), the nearest of these levels will start you off with a sprinkling, not of prizes but of keys. You should have no trouble picking up ten keys in this room alone.
    3. After defeating the Cobra Boss and entering the secret rooms, you'll eventually come to a room which will end with a choice of directions: right or down. Heading right will take you to the final battle with the Game Show Host. Heading down will take you into the Pleasure Domes. And yes, the visual effects (and prizes!) are well worth the hour or so of play it takes to see them.

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,451 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,703 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 60,889 machines (3,615 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 87 known instances of this machine owned by Smash TV collectors. Of these, 43 of them are original dedicated machines, 10 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 34 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 54 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - Popular - There are 19 VAPS members currently looking for Smash TV.

This game ranks a 50 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

For Sale - There are 4 VAPS members with Smash TV machines 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 even though 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.

In particular, since VAPS started out focusing on videogames, statistics for other types of machines should not (yet) be an indication of scarcity.

For a clue to value, look at absolute numbers of owners and potential owners above, compare a ratio of how many people want this game vs. how many people have this game (22%) and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Legacy

  1. Smash TV
  2. Total Carnage

Manuals

  1. Operation Manual  57 Pages, 3796 KB File.

eBay Listings

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