Piranha
ピラニア
Description
You control a red piranha with your 4-way joystick eating all the dots on the screen while avoiding four squids that are after you. The four corners each have a "energizer pellet" that, once eaten, allows you to attack and eat the squid who were chasing you. Clearing all edible objects from the screen advances you to the next screen.
Piranha was produced by GL in 1981.
GL released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. GL was based in United States.
Other machines made by GL during the time period Piranha was produced include: Putting Challenege
Specs
| Name | Piranha |
|---|---|
| Developer | GL (United States) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 9026 |
| Class | Hack/ROM Swap |
| Genre | Labyrinth / Maze |
| Monitor |
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| Conversion Class | Namco Galaxian |
| # 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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| Bezel | Piranha Bezel Image |
| Control Panel | Piranha Control Panel Image |
| PCB | Piranha PCB Image |
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Piranha KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.43 (1 vote)
Fun Factor: 2.60
Overall Like |
3.00 |
|---|---|
| Fun (Social) | 2.00 |
| Fun (Solo) | 3.00 |
| Collector Desire | 2.00 |
Technical Rating: 2.25
| Gameplay | 3.00 |
|---|---|
| Graphics | 3.00 |
| Originality | 1.00 |
| Sound/Music | 2.00 |
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score.
Within the Personal Impressions category, Like
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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Piranha Census
There are 16,440 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,005 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 171,019 machines (7,185 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 20 known instances of this machine owned by Piranha collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines. 9 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Piranha machine for sale.
Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Piranha.
This game ranks a 7 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]
Flyers
1981
1981
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Technical
This is a chip conversion for a IPacManI but it was marketed as a complete game and not a conversion.
Manuals
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