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Manufacturer:
Irem Year: 1981 Class: Wide Release Genre: Shooter Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Alternating Control Panel Layout: Single Player Controls:
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Red Alert DescriptionDefend six cities against attacking enemies. Assault waves consist of planes, helicopters, night bombers, and MIRV bombs.Know anything more about this game? Game PlaySimilar to Space Invaders in that attack waves move back and forth across the screen, getting faster in successive waves. However, the graphics and storyline are more advanced.The objective is to defend six cities from an unnamed enemy's attacks. The assaults consist of waves of planes, helicopters, night bombers, and MIRV bombs. Night missions are illuminated only by two spotlights, which the enemy can destroy. Each wave is also a fight against the clock - fail to win in time and a MIRV bomb will be launched. Nearly everybody who has played this game seems to remember the cityscape backgrounds and the night missions. MiscellaneousLICENSOR: GDIVAPS Arcade CensusGAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETYUncommon - There are 12 known instances of Red Alert owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, 8 of them are original dedicated machines, and 4 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. For Sale - There is one VAPS member with a Red Alert 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. TechnicalThe game uses a 6502 as the main CPU. There are no dedicated graphics ROMs since it uses an uncommon technique that assembles all the graphics into RAM.eBay ListingsClick here to automatically search eBay's Arcade, Jukebox, and Pinball categories for the Red Alert 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 Irem. 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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