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Giga Wing Giga Wing - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Giga Wing - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

An old-school style shoot-em-up.

Giga Wing was produced by Capcom in 1999.

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 Giga Wing was produced include: Magical Tetris Challenge Featuring Mickey, Jojo's Venture, Jojo No Kimyou Na Bouken, Marvel Vs. Capcom, 1945, Final Fight Revenge, Street Fighter III - 3rd Strike, Strider 2, Power Stone, and Street Fighter EX2 Plus

Giga Wing - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Giga Wing
Developer Capcom (Japan)
Year 1999
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7942
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Capcom CPS II JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Joint
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Buttons: 2 [FireBomb]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Giga Wing Control Panel Image
PCB Giga Wing PCB Image

Game Play

This is a particularly manic shooter that actually makes huge clusters of bullets a good thing. Apart from smart bombs that neutralize enemy shots (the animation changes depending on what ship you pick), you can charge up your gun to use the Reflector Shield. This makes an energy barrier around your ship that sends all enemy bullets back in the direction they came from. If a reflected bullet hits something, it turns into a little bonus item you can pick up for more points. Getting as many of these as possible is the key to scoring points in the billions (this IS indeed possible, thanks to the number of digits in the game's score counter).

Giga Wing KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Giga Wing Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 57 known instances of this machine owned by Giga Wing collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 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. 53 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Giga Wing circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Giga Wing circuit board set.

This game ranks a 15 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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