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Manufacturer:
Taito Year: 1986 Class: Wide Release Genre: Scrolling Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Alcon DescriptionVertical scrolling shoot-em-up. Shoot ground targets and collect stars which can be exchanged for various power-ups. Fly over hi-tech landscape. Features end of level bosses, good sound and graphics.Know anything more about this game? Cheats, Tricks and BugsThere is an excellent hidden cheat. If you do not fire at game start and allow yourself to die, you will restart with the maximum size ship with Homing Missiles (nice touch). Also, the longer you manage to stay alive this first time, the larger your cheat bonus will be!TIP: There is one major strategic element which is not obvious to most. Whenever the player selects "Wing" (for additional pods of the current weapon type), or changes weapon type entirely, there is a grace period of about two seconds during which all enemy shots will pass right through the ship. Game PlayThis game is an addictive and very playable shoot-em-up that features good graphics and music. The object is to shoot air and ground targets while collecting gold stars.These stars allow you to purchase various power-ups such as Laser, Homing Missiles, Bomb, and Shield. If you have the Laser, you will be able to shoot the highly rewarding plants that grow out of the terrain. If you have the Homing Missiles, various flip targets will be uncovered and destroyed. If you have Shot, you will be able to destroy a hidden, bonus Space Invader. (If you have Shot and full wingpods, you may spawn a robotic wingman that flies and shoots freely around the screen.) Furthermore, certain targets are more susceptible to some weapons than others. The game has a mostly non-stop flow, and while there are intermediate bosses, the scrolling continues so that one does not have the usual sense of completing stages until the very last boss. At that point, the game map wraps around. The end-of-level bosses get nastier as the game progresses. While all enemies and their reward stars appear in the same map location, your foes fire more frequently at each successive wrap. VAPS Arcade CensusGAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETYUncommon - There are 10 known instances of Alcon owned by one of our 900 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, and 6 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. 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. There is one VAPS member looking for a Alcon circuit board set. For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Alcon 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. TriviaThe game was released in the UK, probably Europe too, under the name of Slap Fight.What does ALCON stand for? Here is some interesting background information, taken from the box of Taito's C=64 port of this game: The year is 2059. Humans have been living in exile on the planet Theon since aliens attacked their last home, Orac, in 2055. eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Alcon Videogame machine and items related to it.Click here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for machines and parts made by Taito. Alternatively, check out the IAM/KLOV custom report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com (updated throughoutthe day).
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