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Daioh Daioh - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Daioh - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A vertical space shooter with some unique features.

Daioh was produced by American Sammy in 1993.

American Sammy released 14 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1991.

Other machines made by American Sammy during the time period Daioh was produced include: Battle Blaze, Viewpoint, Dunk Star, Simple Simon, Pastel Island, Eagle Shot Golf, Krazy Bowl, and Coin Circus

Daioh - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet
(Contributed by: bryan kreutz)

Specs

Name Daioh
Developer American Sammy
Year 1993
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7485
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Joint
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 6 [Fire 1|Fire 2|Fire 3|Bomb 1|Bomb 2|Bomb 3]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

This was an excellent and unique simultaneous two-player space shooter. Excellent graphics, multi-layer scrolling, big sprites (especially bosses), and an extreme difficulty that continued to increase from easy to insane the farther along you went without getting killed.

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

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Daioh Census

There are 14,716 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 15 known instances of this machine owned by Daioh collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 11 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. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Daioh circuit board set.

This game ranks a 4 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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