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Shanghai Kid, The Shanghai Kid, The - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Shanghai Kid, The - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

A kid fights in matches against wrestlers, boxers, karate fighters and more.

Shanghai Kid, The was produced by Taiyo in 1985.

Taiyo released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Taiyo was based in United States.

Other machines made by Taiyo during the time period Shanghai Kid, The was produced include:

Shanghai Kid, The
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Specs

Name Shanghai Kid, The
Developer Taiyo (United States)
Year 1985
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9505
Class Wide Release
Genre Fighting
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
Game Specific Shanghai Kid, The Pinout
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way with two buttons - KickPunch
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

The gameplay is mostly reactive. Indicators appear on-screen when you should attack or defend in a particular direction.

Shanghai Kid, The KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Miscellaneous

Japanese title is "Hokuha Syourin Hiryu no Ken". c1985 Nihon Game distributed by Taito Nihon Game changed their name to Culture Brain. Also distributed with Data East and Memetron licenses.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Shanghai Kid, The Census

There are 14,754 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,474 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,463 machines (6,895 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this machine owned by Shanghai Kid, The collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 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 Shanghai Kid, The circuit boards for sale.

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

This game ranks a 3 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

CPUs: 2xZ80, AY8910

Two board set CPU/sound and video.

Fixes

This game has a battery backed protection module. If the battery dies, the game will boot, but report "BBX NG" and reset, forever. If this happens, the game can be revived by burning a new EPROM containing the code from inside the RAM.

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Memetron The Shanghai Kid Video Arcade Game Flyer, 1985 NOS

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1985 Memetron The Shanghai Kid arcade marquee. Measures 24" x 7 13/16"

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1985 The Shanghai Kid video game arcade marquee

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