Three Wonders

Manufacturer: Capcom
Year: 1991
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Other
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Fire/Fire/Push|Jump/Special Weapon/Push]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Three Wonders Description

This title has three different games from varying genres. Midnight Wanderers is a side-scrolling platform game, Chariot is a side-scrolling shooter, and Don't Pull is a maze/block game. All have very colorful graphics.

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Cabinet Information

This game was only sold as a kit in the US. The sideart was just the basic red rectangular generic Capcom USA logo sideart with the white lettering. The control panel overlay is black and has icons and power-ups from each of the three games scattered about. The marquee is divided into three sections and shows an artistic drawing of a scene from each of the games.

Game Introduction

Midnight Wanderers: This is your basic run-n-jump platform game but the big difference here is the graphics - they are beautiful! You control an elf and run through the levels killing all the bad guys and picking up the power-ups left behind.

Chariot: This game is your basic side-scrolling shooter but again, with awesome graphics. You control an elf in a hang-gliding outfit and destroy wave upon wave of enemies and grab the power-ups to increase your weapon strength.

Don't Pull: I would classify this as a Pengo clone. You control a rabbit, or a chipmunk if you're player two, who run around a maze pushing blocks into the bad guys to smush them. No elves here! Very colorful and overly cutesy graphics.

VAPS Arcade Census

GAMES OWNED, WANTED, or FOR SALE BY MEMBERS OF THE VIDEO ARCADE PRESERVATION SOCIETY

Common - There are 33 known instances of Three Wonders owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit)., and 32 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 57,098 video games (3,420 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 17 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

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 Three Wonders circuit board set.

For Sale - There is one VAPS member with an extra Three Wonders circuit board 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.

Trivia

The elves in this game appear in Capcom's Marvel Vs. Capcom as helpers.

Fixes

This game uses a "suicide battery", located on the c-board of the PCB. When this battery dies, the game will no longer operate. You will be greeted with a blank screen upon power-up. A hack exists to revive the game, involving burning one or more new EPROMs and using the c-board from a different CPS-1 game (one that doesn't have a suicide battery).

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Manuals

Operating Manual 19 Pages, 1257 KB File.

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