Top Gunner
トップ・ガンアー
Description
1 or 2 players operate a jeep on a vertically scrolling field, the mission is to save POW's and deliver them to helicopter pads throughout the game. Your armament is a machine gun, and a grenade thrower, which can be converted into a missile launcher with bonuses.
Top Gunner was produced by Konami in 1986.
Konami released 442 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978. Konami was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Konami during the time period Top Gunner was produced include: Galactic Warriors, Finalizer - Super Transformation, Ping Pong, Gradius, Green Beret, Bass Angler, Double Dribble, Castlevania, Gradius (PlayChoice), and Goonies, The
Specs
| Name | Top Gunner |
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| Developer | Konami (Japan) |
| Year | 1986 |
| Type | Videogame |
| KLOV/MOG # | 10153 |
| Class | Wide Release |
| Genre | Shooter |
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| Conversion Class | JAMMA |
| Game Specific | Top Gunner Pinout |
| # Simultaneous Players | 2 |
| # Maximum Players | 2 |
| Game Play | Joint |
| Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
| Sound | Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs
High scores for this game are obtained through saving POWs. Make sure your jeeps is full eight men before letting them off at the helo pad. DO NOT move while the transfer of men happens. You will receive not only a huge score bonus but also be upgraded automatically to the best weapon possible. Also, pick up glowing POWs while at full power weapon and you will receive 10,000 each! These are the POWs that come out of the shooting bunkers.
A word of advice only keep seven men on board until you reach the helo pad area, as there is almost always a glowing POW bunker nearby and having only seven men on board will allow you to pick up that last man, get another level of powerup, plus fill your jeep to capacity.
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Miscellaneous
This game is known in Europe as Jackal and in Japan as Tokushu Butai Jackal Special Force Jackal. Some bootleg Top Gunner boards allow a rotary style Ikari Warriors controller to be used that allows aiming of the machine gun.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Top Gunner Census
There are 16,777 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 10,137 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 172,846 machines (7,256 unique titles).
There are 4 known instances of this machine owned by Top Gunner collectors who are active members. Of these, 1 of them are original dedicated machines. 3 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. Active members hold 8 circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. Additionally, former members held 4 original machines, 8 conversions, and 36 game boards.
For Sale - No active members have this machine for sale. Former members previously had 2 machines and 2 boards for sale.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. Former members previously were looking for 1 board set.
This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
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"Top Gunner - Videogame by Konami." Museum of the Game, www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/top-gunner--konami. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.
Chicago Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. "Top Gunner - Videogame by Konami." Accessed July 15, 2026. https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/top-gunner--konami.
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1. "Top Gunner - Videogame by Konami," International Arcade Museum, accessed July 15, 2026, https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/top-gunner--konami.
APA Bibliographic
International Arcade Museum. (n.d.). Top Gunner - videogame by Konami. Retrieved July 15, 2026 from https://www.arcade-museum.com/Videogame/top-gunner--konami