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Mars Mars - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Mars - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

The player pilots a sputnik-shaped spaceship over a leftward scrolling landscape. The machine gun can be fired in eight directions. Destroy the ground based enemies.

Mars was produced by Artic in 1981.

Artic released 4 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Artic was based in United States.

Other machines made by Artic during the time period Mars was produced include: Max Magic, Super Star, and Devil Fish

Specs

Name Mars
Developer Artic (United States)
Year 1981
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8628
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: 8-way
  • Joystick: 8-way
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
  • Cabaret/Mini
Side Art Mars Side Art Image

Game Play

The game play is similar to Scramble.

Mars KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Mars Census

There are 15,176 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 166,346 machines (6,974 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Mars collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. 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 1 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]

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