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Targ
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Name: Targ Developer: Exidy Year: 1980 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Targ Pinout Settings: Targ Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Targ DescriptionManeuver your ship through a grid, avoiding and destroying Targ ram-ships for points. The deadly Spectar Smuggler appears after a period of time, shoot it for bonus points. Simple graphics, but gameplay is fast and furious. Lightning reflexes are required.Targ was produced by Exidy in 1980. Exidy released 57 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Other machines made by Exidy during the time period Targ was produced include Bandido, Tail Gunner II, Star Fire, Spectar, Mouse Trap, Kreepy Krawlers, Fire One!, Rip Cord, Side Trak, and Crash. Targ - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.93 (1 vote)
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ConversionA person can convert to Spectar by simply doing a ROM swap.Game PlayYour ship the "Wummel" travels through a 9 x 9 grid of yellow squares the "Crystal City" avoiding and shooting the ten red Targ ramships. Each Targ shot is worth ten points, this climbs to 20 on the second level, 30 on the third, and so on. At random a siren will sound, and the Spectar released into the Crystal City, shooting it scores 100-500 points. Clearing all Targs from a level scores 1000 bonus on the first level, 2000 on the second, 3000 on the third, etc. With each level, the Targs get faster and smarter.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Targ CensusThere 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).Common - There are approximately 43 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 21 of these machines are owned by our active Targ collectors. And of these, 15 are original dedicated machines, and 6 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Targ machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Targ circuit board for sale. Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. This game ranks a 13 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
TriviaThe game was sublicensed to Centuri, who manufactured it in a cocktail version.Legacy
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