Astro Wars

Description

Standard scrolling/shooting game with five waves of enemies that proceed down the screen. The addition of a fuel limitation adds to the urgency of the game, requiring that you eliminate all of each wave of enemies in order to make it to the final level with enough fuel.

This game is a direct licensed port of Data East's Astro Fighter.

Astro Wars was produced by Zaccaria in 1979.

Zaccaria released 69 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1972. Zaccaria was based in Italy.

Other machines made by Zaccaria during the time period Astro Wars was produced include: Strike, Winter Sports, Future World, House of Diamonds, Invaders, The, Shooting the Rapids, Space City, Hot Wheels, Dodgem, and Galaxia

Specs

Name	Astro Wars
Developer	Zaccaria (Italy)
Year	1979
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	13107
Class	Wide Release
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	Astro Wars Control Panel Image
PCB	Astro Wars PCB Image

Astro Wars KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Astro Wars Census

There are 14,774 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 164,618 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 7 known instances of this machine owned by Astro Wars collectors who are active members. Of these, 4 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Astro Wars machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

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