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B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

An interplanetary war game where the player attempts to liberate six planets from alien invaders and fight five different classes of enemy Warbots, each with different tactics and weaponry.

B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System was produced by Jaleco in 1991.

Jaleco released 98 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1982. Jaleco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Jaleco during the time period B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System was produced include: Alien Command, Cisco Heat, Rock'N 3, Rod-Land, Big Run, 64th Street - A Detective Story, Avenging Spirit, E.D.F. Earth Defense Force, Grand Prix Star, and Arm Champs II

Specs

Name B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System
Developer Jaleco (Japan)
Year 1991
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6985
Class Wide Release
Genre Scrolling Fighter
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 1
Game Play Single
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Sound Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
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Trivia

The game closely resembles the action you would experience if you were to visit a Battletech Center, like the one in Chicago, Illinois.

Miscellaneous

DEVELOPER: Microprose

The acronym stands for "Battle Of The Solar System".

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System Census

There are 15,173 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,629 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,343 machines (6,975 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 14 known instances of this machine owned by B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System collectors who are active members. Of these, 10 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. 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for B.O.T.S.S.: Battle of the Solar System.

This game ranks a 4 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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