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Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

You pilot an arrowhead-shaped vessel at the bottom of the screen, facing off against four different types of enemies in the familiar vertical space-shooter motif. Certain enemies drop "space soldiers" when shot; if these make it to the bottom of the screen, they will try to "spear" your ship from behind.

Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu was produced by Irem in 1980.

Irem released 90 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Irem was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu was produced include: Capsule Invader, Commander, PT Reach Mahjong, PT Block, UniWar S, Sky Chuter, Panther, Red Alert, and Demoneye-X

Specs

Name Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu
Developer Irem (Japan)
Year 1980
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7948
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Play

This is a four-stage space shoot-em-up game. Stage one is a familiar Galaxians-type scenario, with your ship facing off against a formation of super mosquito aliens that break off and dive at you. Completing this stage warps you to stages two through four, where your ship is positioned an inch or two above the bottom of a screen, just above a dotted blue line. This line serves no purpose during stage two's "hovering attackers", but during stages three and four ("flying bones" and "rolling fire"), the enemies drop Stick Aliens that look like little space soldiers. The Stick Aliens try to get behind the dotted line, where they patrol back and forth underneath your ship, trying to spear you from behind. The only way to get rid of them is to shoot the Killer King which randomly appears during the stage. Completing these three levels warps you back into space, to start the cycle over again.

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Miscellaneous

This appears to be the Japanese version of UniWar S.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu Census

There are 15,177 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 166,375 machines (6,974 unique titles).

Scarce - There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Gingateikoku No Gyakushuu collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). 3 of them 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.

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]

Technical

The game runs on a modified Galaxian board with jumpers attached to a daughterboard holding the ROMs.

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