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Toaplan Year: 1989 Class: Wide Release Genre: Scrolling Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Zero Wing DescriptionShoot enemies while scrolling horizontally through different sections and collecting special weapons upgrades. Battle the "Mother Ship" at the end of each level. "All Your Base Are Belong To Us."Know anything more about this game? MiscellaneousThis game was licensed to Williams for manufacture and distribution in the United States.Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 11 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.Of the 52,009 video games (3,346 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 9 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 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. TriviaNOTE: The following information does not apply to the arcade version of this game. The "all your base are belong to us" intro was only on the Sega Genesis/Megadrive version. The original arcade game does not have the intro.The intro sequence of this game turned into a meme -- a propagated idea or invention -- that infected the Internet community in early 2001. This was due, in part, to the unintentional humor of the sequence since it is a perfect example of "Engrish" (i.e. horribly translated Japanese text). A QuickTime video of the introduction sequence (see http://www.overclocked.org/OCzerowing.htm) was created that added voices and sound effects. Its more famous cousin was the Flash video entitled "Invasion Of The Gabber Robots By The Laziest Men On Mars" ( http://www.denandenende.dk/ayb2.swf ). eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Zero Wing 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 Toaplan. 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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