Earth Friend
![Earth Friend - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji]()
Description
A cockpit perspective space-flight combat simulator that uses multi-colored vector lines to display simple terrain and enemy craft. The game was originally beta-tested at PinPan Alley in Schaumburg (Chicago), Illinois.
Earth Friend was produced by Bally Midway in 1982.
Bally Midway released 96 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Bally Midway was based in United States.
Other machines made by Bally Midway during the time period Earth Friend was produced include: Lazarian, Solar Fox, Wizard Of Wor, Adventures of Robby Roto, The, Crossroads, Bump 'n Jump, Blue Print, Baby Pac-Man, BurgerTime, and Kozmik Krooz'r
Specs
| Name | Earth Friend |
|---|---|
| Developer | Bally Midway (United States) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 7688 |
| Class | Prototype |
| Genre | Space |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | unique |
| # Simultaneous Players | 1 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Alternating |
| Control Panel Layout | Single Player Ambidextrous |
| Controls |
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| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
| Cabinet Styles |
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Game Introduction
Most of the terrain was V-shaped and you could fly through canyons. The game featured atmospheric, synthesized sounds and its flight model was a cross between a real plane and a game.
Game Play
A player must blast enemies as they appear on the horizon. At the end of each stage, the ship enters a wormhole, consisting of multicolored vector dots and spirograph lines, where it is transported to the next level.
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Cabinet Information
The cabinet is mostly white with little or no artwork. It looks like a mixture of both a Discs Of Tron environmental and a Pole Position. The game had a futuristic feel due to the dark enclosure and bright vector images.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Earth Friend Census
There are 14,772 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,482 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,617 machines (6,906 unique titles).
Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
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Foto-Finder® (Books)
- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 116; Color photo
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