Defend the human population from swarms of attacking aliens.
Tornado was produced by Data East in 1981.
Data East released 174 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1979. Data East was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Data East during the time period Tornado was produced include: Mad Alien, Nebula, Space Fighter Mark II, Terranean, Tomahawk 777, Manhattan, Ninja, DECO Cassette System, Astro Fantasia, and Lock 'N Chase
Name | Tornado |
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Developer | Data East (Japan) |
Year | 1981 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 10164 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Data East Cassette |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp) |
Cabinet Styles |
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The game was released as a conversion kit.
There are 14,771 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,482 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,617 machines (6,906 unique titles).
Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.
Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Tornado.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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These boards have a different layout than the original Defender. There are only two game boards and a seperate audio amp.
Most of the ICs and ROMs are identical to those used in Defender.
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