Tropical Angel - Videogame by Irem

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Tropical Angel

Name: Tropical Angel
Developer: Irem

Year: 1983
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Sports
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Irem
Game Specific: Tropical Angel Pinout
Settings: Tropical Angel Dipswitch Settings

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

Joystick: 2-way (left, right)
Buttons: 1 [Speed Up]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

Tropical Angel PCB Image

Tropical Angel Description

A sports game where the player controls a girl on waterskis. Avoid rocks and other obstacles in the water by moving right or left. Always make sure to ski through the gates to make it to the goal.

Tropical Angel was produced by Irem in 1983.

Irem released 87 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Tropical Angel was produced include Traverse USA, Zippy Race, Lode Runner, Spartan X, Battle-Road, Moon Patrol, Panther, Demoneye-X, Red Alert, and Andromeda.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Tropical Angel 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 8 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 3 of these machines are owned by our active Tropical Angel collectors. And of these, 3 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 3 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]

Technical

Uses a M57 system and a M52 sound board. It uses the standard Irem DIP switches.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Tropical Angel Flyer #1185

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Tropical Angel - Title screen image

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