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Turpin Turpin - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

Rescue the kid turtles. Do not touch anything that moves around the maze.

Turpin was produced by Sega in 1981.

Sega released 591 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Turpin was produced include: Car Hunt, Tranquilizer Gun, Space Trek, Space Tactics, Samurai, Borderline, K.O. Punch, Star Laker, Turbo, and 005

Turpin
Turpin

Specs

Name Turpin
Developer Sega (United States)
Year 1981
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 10223
Class Wide Release
Genre Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 [Bomb]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

Move to the boxes with question marks looking for baby turtles. When you get some, take them to the house. Use bombs to stop enemies for a short time.

Turpin KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Miscellaneous

COPY OF: Turtles
LICENSOR: Konami

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Turpin Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 6 known instances of this machine owned by Turpin collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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Technical

CPU: Z80
SOUND: AY-8910

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