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Daimakaimura Daimakaimura - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

As the story goes, three years have passed since this game's prequel. Now the knight, Arthur, must fight against the true king of the Demon World, Lucifer, who has taken many souls including that of Arthur's beloved Princess Prin Prin.

Daimakaimura was produced by Capcom in 1988.

Capcom released 228 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Capcom was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Capcom during the time period Daimakaimura was produced include: Bionic Commando, Black Dragon, 1943 Kai - Midway Kaisen, 1943: The Battle Of Midway, Avengers, CP System I, F-1 Dream, Capcom Bowling, Forgotten Worlds, and Ghouls 'n Ghosts

Daimakaimura / Strider Hiryu
Daimakaimura / Strider Hiryu

Specs

Name Daimakaimura
Developer Capcom (Japan)
Year 1988
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7484
Class Wide Release
Genre Platform
Monitor
Conversion Class Capcom CPS - JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 - Attack|Jump
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
PCB Daimakaimura PCB Image

Game Play

The game play is very similar to Makaimura, but there are new power-ups such as a Golden Armor that allows Sir Michael to take full advantage of his weapons.

Daimakaimura KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.28 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.33

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) -1.00
Fun (Solo) 5.00
Collector Desire -1.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 5.00
Originality 3.00
Sound/Music 4.00

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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Trivia

The name, "Daimakaimura," literally translates to "Great Demon World Village."

Miscellaneous

This is the Japanese version of Ghouls 'n Ghosts.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Daimakaimura Census

There are 14,773 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).

Common - There are 30 known instances of this machine owned by Daimakaimura collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 26 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. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Daimakaimura circuit board set.

This game ranks a 4 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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Technical

CPU: 68000
SOUND CPU: Z80
SOUND: YM-2151 and OKI6295

Legacy

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