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Time Scanner

Time Scanner - Japanese Title

Time Scanner - marquee

Name: Time Scanner
Developer: Sega

Year: 1986
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Video Pinball
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Sega System 16
Game Specific: Time Scanner Pinout
Settings: Time Scanner Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

  • Buttons: 2 [Left FlipperRight Flipper]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
Time Scanner


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Time Scanner Description

A true video pinball machine. Special controller on the front simulates a pinball "table" for shaking/tilting. Good physics.

Time Scanner was produced by Sega in 1986.

Sega released 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period Time Scanner was produced include Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Dump Matsumoto, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Bank Panic, 4-D Warriors, Albegas, Choplifter, and Angel Kids.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Time Scanner Census

There are 12,084 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,585 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,631 machines (6,830 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are approximately 13 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 9 of these machines are owned by our active Time Scanner collectors. And of these, It is an original dedicated machine., 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 7 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.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 4 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]

Trivia

Even though this game is Sega inside the marquee has Atari on it.

Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Time Scanner Flyer #2653    

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Time Scanner - Title screen image


Time Scanner - Title screen image

Time Scanner - Title screen image


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