Alien Syndrome - Videogame by Sega

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Alien Syndrome

Name: Alien Syndrome
Developer: Sega

Year: 1986
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Sega System 16
Game Specific: Alien Syndrome Pinout
Settings: Alien Syndrome Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 1 [Shoot]

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Alien Syndrome Description

Travel to several alien-infested space stations to rescue children. Defeat the end boss before returning to your ship. Pick up a variety of weapons to help you eliminate your foes.

Alien Syndrome 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 Alien Syndrome was produced include Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars, Dunk Shot, Dump Matsumoto, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Bank Panic, 4-D Warriors, Albegas, Choplifter, and Angel Kids.

Alien Syndrome - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.76 (2 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 2.70

     Overall 'Like': 2.50
     Fun (Social): 4.00
     Fun (Solo): 2.50
     Collector Desire: 4.00

Technical Impressions Score: 2.75

     Gameplay: 3.50
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 2.00
     Sound/Music: 2.50

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 Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Conversion

Alien Syndrome was sold in a dedicated cabinet by Sega, but was also sold as a conversion kit by Sun Corporation of America licensed by Sega. The following are the specifics for the conversion kit:

The marquee looks the same as the dedicated cabinet marquee, except that the word "SEGA" was replaced by "Licensed from SEGA", and "Sun Corporation of America" was added to the top. Additionally, the marquee is dated "C 1987 SEGA ENTERPRISES, INC USA".
The bezel is paper and says "Sun Corporation of America" across the top.
On the control panel, the overlay looks the same as the one used for Quartet 2, except that it is purple instead of red and the control panel stickers are the same purple as the overlay. The Shoot button stickers are gray and the buttons themselves are black. The Player 1 and Player 2 start buttons are white.

Miscellaneous

The boardsets are dated 1986.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Alien Syndrome 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).

Very Common - There are approximately 60 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 26 of these machines are owned by our active Alien Syndrome collectors. And of these, 10 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 15 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 Alien Syndrome circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Alien Syndrome.

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 19 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 10 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

Owners Manual 10 Pages, 680 kB File.

Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Alien Syndrome Flyer #2062
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Alien Syndrome Flyer #3034

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	1. Alien Syndrome Arcade Marquee 23.65" x 8" Auction ends in: 1 week, 6 days
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