Space Fire Bird

Description

Move a space ship left and right across the bottom of the screen avoiding the diving and swirling enemy space ships. Fire up to four missiles at a time and press warp to launch the spaceship up the screen with destructive shield activated.

Space Fire Bird was produced by UPL in 1980.

UPL released 34 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1976. UPL was based in United States.

Other machines made by UPL during the time period Space Fire Bird was produced include: Blasto, Depthcharge, Hustle, Blockade, Super Moon Cresta, Carnival, Dorodon, Mouser, and Raiders 5

Specs

Name	Space Fire Bird
Developer	UPL (United States)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9655
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Space
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Space Fire Bird Pinout
Dipswitch Settings	Space Fire Bird Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Alternating
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Joystick: 2-way (left, right) Buttons: 2 - FireWarp
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard - Cocktail
Bezel	Space Fire Bird Bezel Image

Video Clips

Space Fire Bird shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Game Play

This game is in the Galaxian and Galaga vein, but it is different enough to be interesting. The player's spaceship rises up at either side of the screen and there can be up to four shots on the screen at one time. Enemies take differing numbers of shots to destroy the player ship and they launch bombs that break into shrapnel when shot.

Space Fire Bird KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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Trivia

There also exists a schematic manual for a Tehkan Space Fire Bird.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Nintendo

There is a version released directly by Nintendo. Space Firebird was also licensed to Game World Manufacturing by Nichsubishi of Japan, through the British Video Game Manufacturers Association.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Fire Bird Census

There are 14,777 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,484 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,627 machines (6,906 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 12 known instances of this machine owned by Space Fire Bird collectors who are active members. Of these, 11 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Space Fire Bird machine for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

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