Pleiades DescriptionIn this multi-wave space shooter, enemy ships come at you in scrolling waves. Growing bird-like ships swoop down at the player's ship as more enemy ships spring forth from the mothership. During the final wave, the player must navigate around parked ships to hit landing pad right on.Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsBug When the final alien is killed on the very first wave, the game says that you be rewarded x amount of points, but this bonus is never added to your score.PCheat on the second round, shoot all but one alien. Then move the ship to the far left, wait for the alien to be in a firing line, then shoot. Its bullets will now go through you as long as you keep him in that position. You can quickly dart left and right, shooting it to death, racking up points very quickly. After about three minutes of this, the alien becomes highly annoyed and will hover right below you, and do all kind of neato moves. It is quite a sight to seeMiscellaneousLICENSOR TehkanVAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,993 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,022 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,237 machines (3,799 unique titles).Very Common - There are 72 known instances of this machine owned by Pleiades collectors who are members. Of these, 30 of them are original dedicated machines, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 40 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 7 VAPS members with Pleiades machines for sale. There are 7 VAPS members with extra Pleiades circuit boards for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - No members have added this machine to their wish list. This game ranks a 42 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. TechnicalDIP switches one through four set the initial number of lives a player is given. DIP switch five sets the number of coins per credit. DIP switch eight sets either cocktail or upright mode.TriviaThe Centuri marquee incorrectly spells the game as Pleiades but the software ROMs and main screen spell the game as Pleiads.Legacy- Phoenix
- Pleiades
Manuals- Service Manual 25 Pages, 1965 KB File.
- Service Manual 22 Pages, 1688 KB File.
Foto-Finder™ (books)- The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 103; Color photo;
- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 103; Color photo; Price guide:
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