A very good Xevious clone with some elements of Star Force thrown in as well. Catchy starting music. It was later ported to the Atari 800 home computer.
Espial was produced by Orca in 1983.
Orca released 15 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. Orca was based in United States.
Other machines made by Orca during the time period Espial was produced include: Bounty, Changes, Funky Bee, Looper, Marine Boy, Sky Lancer, Zodiack, and Net Wars
Name | Espial |
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Developer | Orca (United States) |
Year | 1983 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7719 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
Game Specific | Espial Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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PCB | Espial PCB Image |
Overall Like |
4.50 |
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Fun (Social) | 3.50 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.50 |
Collector Desire | 5.00 |
Gameplay | 4.50 |
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Graphics | 4.00 |
Originality | 3.50 |
Sound/Music | 4.50 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
carries a little more weight than the other factors.
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There are 15,237 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,659 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,871 machines (6,992 unique titles).
Common - There are 28 known instances of this machine owned by Espial collectors who are active members. Of these, One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 27 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with a Espial circuit boards for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.
This game ranks a 11 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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