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Twin Cobra
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Name: Twin Cobra Developer: Toaplan Year: 1987 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Settings: Twin Cobra Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Twin Cobra DescriptionA vertical shoot-em-up. Players fly helicopters firing at air and ground targets. Collect power-ups green, blue, yellow, or red for better fire power. Fight a 'boss' enemy at the end of each stage.Twin Cobra was produced by Toaplan in 1987. Toaplan released 31 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1986. Other machines made by Toaplan during the time period Twin Cobra was produced include Pyros, Truxton, Tatsujin, Zero Wing, Horror Story, and Mahjong Sisters. Twin Cobra - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.55 (5 votes)
Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, "Like" carries a little more weight than the other factors. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
ConversionThis game uses the same boardset as ISky SharkIIFlying SharkI. It can be converted into this game by switching the ROM sets.Game PlayThe game starts off with a small red helicopter on top of a large ship which proceeds to take off. At first the foes are easy to beat and there arent too many, most are in the form of helicopters, and only one press of the fire button is required to beat an enemy.Soon the game becomes more challenging, with many enemies approaching from all sides, however, there are bonuses to help you on your way.for example collecitng a red bonus will keep the bullets you start with. Green will produce laser-like shots. Blue fires at a 45 degree angle to the left and a 45 degree angle to the right and yellow provides 4 shots a time, going in all directions. There is also another bonus changing the power of these shots increasingly. Dying will cause you to lose all bonuses. Gaining star bonuses will do nothing but give you 1000 points and 50,000 gives an extra life. Bombs are also very handy destroying most weak units in the area whilst leaving you and your ally in 2 player mode un-armedvarious bosses come in the form of tanks with various hard-to-beat attacksMiscellaneousLicensed to TaitoRomstar for US manufacture and distribution.PThis game is known as IKyuukyoku TigerI in JapanVAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Twin Cobra CensusThere are 12,133 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,623 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,035 machines (6,848 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 134 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 53 of these machines are owned by our active Twin Cobra collectors. And of these, 5 are original dedicated machines, 10 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 38 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Twin Cobra machine for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Twin Cobra circuit boards for sale. Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. This game ranks a 41 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Twin Cobra Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Toaplan for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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