Mars

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.

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
Year	1981
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8628
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Gameplay	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)

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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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Mars Census

There are 14,707 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,451 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,267 machines (6,884 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. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 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. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Mars circuit board set.

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]

Flyers

ATW - Performance with Dependable Quality

1982 / 4 Pages

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