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Gyrodine Gyrodine - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

A simple helicopter shooter.

Gyrodine was produced by Taito in 1985.

Taito released 487 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Gyrodine was produced include: Starforce, Field Day, Cosmopolis, Zeke's Peak, Victorious Nine, Fairyland Story, Go Go Mr. Yamaguchi, Legend Of Kage, The, Mat Mania, and N.Y. Captor

Gyrodine - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Gyrodine
Developer Taito (Japan)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8059
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Taito Classic
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [Fire/Missile|Bomb/Missile]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

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

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gyrodine Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Gyrodine collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion 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.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with an extra Gyrodine circuit board for sale.

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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