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Space Harrier |
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Manufacturer:
Sega Year: 1985 Class: Wide Release Genre: Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 1 Gameplay: Single Control Panel Layout: Single Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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DescriptionRun along the ground or fly through the air using the gun under your arm to blast away at waves of oncoming creatures. Dodge the enemy's projectiles and destroy the boss creatures at the end of each level.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThree cabinet types were created for this game: upright, fixed sitdown and a full-motion cockpit. The control panels each have back-lit instrument gauges. All the cabinets have similar styling that includes a dragon, the player character and racing stripes on the side.Cheats, Tricks and BugsHINT: The enemies fire three types of projectiles at the main character: Energy Bullets (slow), Fireballs (faster), and Missiles (fastest). They are always fired directly at Space Harrier's current location, never elsewhere. As long as you move constantly without backtracking, you cannot be hit, and need only worry about dodging stationary objects.BUG: Extra coins provide extra lives to continue the game. On the later levels, when your character is hit, it appears at times as if all extra lives are lost. The remaining credits are not lost. They just do not display properly. Game IntroductionSeveral levels are similar to 3-D versions of other games. For instance, there is a psychedelic mushroom stage that looks somewhat like a Centipede landscape. Faces in another level look like those from Easter Island. Graphics and game flow are similar to other Sega games of the era such as After Burner and Out Run.Game PlayThe object is to shoot as many things as you can. Avoid running or flying into enemy projectiles and stationary objects. Battle the bosses, and move onto the next level. The game ends after you beat level 18 where you have to defeat almost all of the bosses, one after another, but not in the same order as they appear throughout the game.MiscellaneousThe game does not register credits, just how many players (lives) you will have when you press start. If you have any extra lives at the end of the game, you cannot start a new game no matter how many quarters you dropped to get a ton of lives.16 of the 18 levels have unique names (the other two are just bonus levels). They are (in order):
Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Uncommon - There are 18 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 18 of them are original dedicated machines, 0 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards have been placed in another game cabinet, and 0 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 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records. Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for this game. 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. TechnicalThis game uses the same board system as Enduro Racer.TriviaRenderings of the classic Space Harrier and Hang-On games make a special apperance in the Sega Dreamcast title "Shenmue". During the game, simply enter the You Arcade in Dobuita and the machines can be found at the back of the arcade. You can also win a Sega Saturn version of Space Harrier (which actually existed in Japan, as part of the "Sega Ages" series) in a raffle at the Tomato Convinence Mart.eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Space Harrier Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Sega. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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