A sheriff on horseback must protect a train, located in the center of the screen, from groups of bandits. Players must avoid running into obstacles, getting shot, or allowing three bandits to board the train. A bonus game is played between rounds.
Wild Western was produced by Taito in 1982.
Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.
Other machines made by Taito during the time period Wild Western was produced include: Janputer, Space Cruiser, Zarzon, T.T Mahjong, Space Seeker, Birdie King, Electric Yo-Yo, Front Line, Jungle Boy, and Jungle Hunt
Name | Wild Western |
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Developer | Taito (Japan) |
Year | 1982 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 10436 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | Taito Classic |
Game Specific | Wild Western Pinout |
Dipswitch Settings | |
# 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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Overall Like |
4.00 |
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Fun (Social) | 1.00 |
Fun (Solo) | 4.00 |
Collector Desire | 1.00 |
Gameplay | 3.50 |
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Graphics | 3.00 |
Originality | 3.50 |
Sound/Music | 2.00 |
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The game is housed in a standard Taito-logo cabinet of the early eighties. The design is similar to the cabinets used for Jungle Hunt, Qix and Elevator Action.
There are 14,970 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,553 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 165,388 machines (6,943 unique titles).
Common - There are 33 known instances of this machine owned by Wild Western collectors who are active members. Of these, 20 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. 12 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 an extra Wild Western circuit board for sale.
Wanted - There are 5 active VAPS members currently looking for Wild Western.
This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
This game ranks a 5 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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