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Ark Area Ark Area - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

A space shooter where you fight through 23 stages, battling one or two bosses at the end of each level. This was a Japan-only release.

Ark Area was produced by UPL in 1987.

UPL released 34 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. UPL was based in United States.

Other machines made by UPL during the time period Ark Area was produced include: Penguin-Kun Wars, Raiders 5, Mouser, Dorodon, Super Moon Cresta, Ninja-Kid II, Arc Area, Rad Action, Mutant Night, and JT 104

Specs

Name Ark Area
Developer UPL (United States)
Year 1987
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6915
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Joint
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Ark Area KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Ark Area Census

There are 14,755 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,475 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,460 machines (6,896 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 5 known instances of this machine owned by Ark Area collectors who are active members. Of these, 5 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

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

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

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

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