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Zero Wing

Manufacturer: Toaplan
Year: 1989
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: JAMMA
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Shoot|Seizer]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

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Zero Wing Description

Shoot enemies while scrolling horizontally through different sections and collecting special weapons upgrades. Battle the "Mother Ship" at the end of each level. "All Your Base Are Belong To Us."

Miscellaneous

This game was licensed to Williams for manufacture and distribution in the United States.

CAPS/VAPS Arcade Census

There are 6,862 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,937 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 64,459 machines (3,753 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by Zero Wing collectors. Of these, 14 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

Wanted - No members have added this machine to their wish list. Please note that many collectors are not members or do not list their desires here, and it is likely that a number of collectors might purchase this machine if offered it at the right price.

This game ranks a 0 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. [More Information]

Trivia

NOTE The following information does EMnotEM apply to the arcade version of this game. The all your base are belong to us intro was only on the Sega GenesisMegadrive version. The original arcade game does not have the intro.BLOCKQUOTEThe intro sequence of this game turned into a meme a propagated idea or invention that infected the Internet community in early 2001. This was due, in part, to the unintentional humor of the sequence since it is a perfect example of Engrish i.e. horribly translated Japanese text. A QuickTime video of the introduction sequence see httpwww.overclocked.orgOCzerowing.htm was created that added voices and sound effects. Its more famous cousin was the Flash video entitled Invasion Of The Gabber Robots By The Laziest Men On Mars httpwww.denandenende.dkayb2.swf .PA few other related places to visitULLIEverything2 node for Zero Wing httpwww.everything2.comindex.plnodeZero20Winglastnode_id883446 LIEverything2 node for All Your Base Are Belong To Us httpwww.everything2.comindex.plnode_id883446lastnode_id0 LIOfficial Homepage httpwww.planetstarsiege.comallyourbase LIAn extensive discussion thread in on the Tribalwar message board. Click for great justice httpwww.tribalwar.comforumsshowthread.phpthreadid24539 ULBLOCKQUOTE

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Zero Wing - Title screen image

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