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Funky Fish

Funky Fish - Japanese Title

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Name: Funky Fish
Developer: Sun Electronics

Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Platform
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 4-way (up, down, left, right)
  • Buttons: 2 [Bubbles|Tongue]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard


Funky Fish Description

Control "funky fish" to attack groups of small fish that are defending a monster. Shoot bubbles at the fish until they change to fruit. If you don't eat the fruit it will fall to the seabed and awaken a sleeping seashell that releases a sea horse to attack you.

Funky Fish was produced by Sun Electronics in 1981.

Sun Electronics released 4 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981.

Other machines made by Sun Electronics during the time period Funky Fish was produced include Markham, Fester's Quest, Galaxy Fight: Universal Warriors, and Run Away.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Funky Fish Census

There are 12,007 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,523 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,736 machines (6,804 unique titles).

Scarce - There are approximately 5 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 2 of these machines are owned by our active Funky Fish collectors. And of these, 2 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.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

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]

Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Funky Fish Flyer #389    

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