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Name: Wild Western
Manufacturer: Taito
Year: 1982
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: Taito Classic
Game Specific: Wild Western Pinout
Settings: Wild Western Dipswitch Settings

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

  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Rotary: 8-position switch with push-down button [F]
  • Buttons: 1 [Hop/Duck]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
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Wild Western Description

Wild Western was produced by Taito in 1982.

Taito released 486 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Wild Western was produced include Birdie King, Electric Yo-Yo, Front Line, Jungle Boy, Jungle Hunt, Janputer, Space Cruiser, Zarzon, T.T Mahjong, and Space Seeker.

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 - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.66 (1 vote)

 Personal Impressions Score: 3.33

     Overall 'Like': 4.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.00 
Technical Impressions Score: 2.25

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 2.00
     Originality: 3.00
     Sound/Music: 1.00

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.

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Cabinet Information

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.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Wild Western Census

There are 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,575 machines (6,538 unique titles).

Common - There are 27 known instances of this machine owned by Wild Western collectors who are active members. Of these, 17 of them are original dedicated machines, 1 is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 9 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 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Wild Western. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Wild Western circuit board set.

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 wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are NOT necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Manuals

  1. Owner's Manual  51 Pages, 4.5 MB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

  1. The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 139; Color photo;
  2. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 139; Color photo; Price guide:

Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Wild Western Flyer #1364    
  2. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Wild Western Flyer #2801    
  3. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Wild Western Flyer #3939    
  4. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Wild Western Flyer #3941    
  5. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Wild Western Flyer #4674    

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Wild Western

1. Taito Wild Western Original PCB untested

Auction ends in: 3 weeks, 2 days

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$100.00
 
2. Vintage 1982 Taito Wild Western Arcade Operation Maintenance & Service Manual

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3. Wild Western Vintage Video Arcade Game Promo Promo Advertising Magazine AD 1982

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4. Wild Western Taito 1982 arcade video game Manual #1309

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5. 11- 8 1/4” Wild Western Taito arcade video game AD FLYER

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6. Taito Wild Western Elevator Action Arcade Game Machine Conversion Manual

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7. Vintage Taito WILD WESTERN Arcade Machine Game Original Flyer 1980 Advertisement

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$14.39
 
8. original Wild Western To Elevator Action video game arcade manual

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9. TAITO WILD WESTERN VIDEO ARCADE GAME FLYER BROCHURE '82

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10. 1982 TAITO Wild Western Upright Operation Maintenance and Service Manual

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