Two Tigers

Manufacturer: Bally Midway
Year: 1984
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Midway MCR II
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Competitive
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Steering: X Yoke with three buttons [Fire|Speed|Bomb]

Sound: Unamplified Stereo (requires two-channel amp)

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Two Tigers Description

You are the pilot of a plane who must try to sink enemy ships by dropping bombs or shooting enemy planes down onto them. The goal for each level is to sink the ship before it leaves.

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Cabinet Information

The dedicated cabinet is very heavy and subject to the common Bally cabinet rot (like Spy Hunter, Tron, etc.) where the bottom of the cabinet eventually just disintegrates.

Game Play

In the one-player and co-operative modes, the player(s) attempt to sink battleships by dropping bombs and fallen planes on them. Collisions with other planes and/or gunfire from the ship will result in the loss of a life. Players have unlimited lives, but may only allow three battleships to escape. In the dogfight mode, the players attempt to destroy all of his/her opponent's planes. After doing that, the loser of the dogfight must defend his ship(s) from the victor. There are various differences between ROM sets in these regards.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Uncommon - There are 17 known instances of Two Tigers owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines, 6 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,098 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 12 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.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Two Tigers machine 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 (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.

Technical

The dedicated game uses an 8-track tape player to play background sound effects (ack-ack, fighter's engines, shouting, explosions, etc.) while the game is in progress. The original tape is hard (impossible?) to find, but the game can be played without it. (Truth be told, the tape adds too much ambience to enjoy the game fully without it.) The Tron conversion does not use the tape, and the ROMs provide some very cool-sounding engine noise which increases in pitch when you are diving.

There are different ROM sets depending on whether the game is dedicated, or a Tron conversion. The current MAME includes both sets.

Fixes

Like all MCR class games, check the power supply! The voltage regulator boards are infamous for having problems.

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Manuals

Field Conversion Kit 8 Pages, 503 KB File.

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The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 181; Color photo;

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