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Space Panic

Description

You control an astronaut who ventures through caverns beneath a planet. Climb ladders and move from floor to floor avoiding alien creatures. Trap the aliens by digging holes for them to fall into and then hit them over the head to eliminate them.

Space Panic was produced by Universal in 1980.

Universal released 52 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Universal was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Space Panic was produced include: Alien Invader, Cosmic Guerilla, Cosmic Monsters, Limbo, Get A Way, Magical Spot II, Magical Spot, Cheeky Mouse, Cosmic Alien, and Devil Zone

Specs

Name	Space Panic
Developer	Universal (Japan)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9676
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Space Panic Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Space Panic Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right) Buttons: 2 - DigFill
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard Cabaret/Mini Cocktail
Bezel	Space Panic Bezel Image
Control Panel	Space Panic Control Panel Image
PCB	Space Panic PCB Image

Game Play

On each level, your oxygen supply is limited. After you dig holes, you must lure the aliens into them to trap them. As you go to higher levels, you will have to dig two holes, perfectly placed, one above the other, to keep an alien in.

Aliens range in score per the number of floors you drop them through. Blues score 100,500, Reds score 300,800 and Whites score 8,002,000. My top score so far is 27,530.

Space Panic KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.88 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.05

Overall Like	4.33
Fun (Social)	1.67
Fun (Solo)	4.33
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 3.75

Gameplay	4.33
Graphics	3.33
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	3.33

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

One cool way to kill the aliens is to get two or more to fall into aligned holes and then drop the top one on the others. They all die even though some may not have fallen the normal required distance - red 2 floors, white 3 floors. Also just dropping one from a hole onto another kills both.

One flaw seems to be the aliens ability to jump the hole when your man is slightly out over the hole. Also you can lure them toward you, after you have a hole ready by turning the man to the left and raising one leg. One alien will almost always lock onto your position and try to attack you. When the aliens crawl out after the first rack they escalate to the next color blue becomes red, red becomes white. This means you have to be careful in the placement of the holes to keep them from getting too hard.

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Trivia

58,090 is currently the highest score and level ever published. Achieved by Todd Havlik.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Panic Census

There are 14,755 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,475 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,460 machines (6,896 unique titles).

Common - There are 47 known instances of this machine owned by Space Panic collectors who are active members. Of these, 34 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 12 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 a Space Panic machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Space Panic.

This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Flyers

Manuals

PEIC Space Panic Monitor schematic - Space Panic Manual — **PEIC Space Panic Monitor schematic**
(1 page, 978 kB File)

PECI 51056 monitor PDF - Space Panic Manual — **PECI 51056 monitor PDF**
(1 page, 769 kB File)

Space Panic Cocktail Control Panel Overlay - Space Panic Manual — **Space Panic Cocktail Control Panel Overlay**
(1 page, 395 kB File)

Space Panic Cocktail Instruction Card - Space Panic Manual — **Space Panic Cocktail Instruction Card**
(1 page, 398 kB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated

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