Cosmic Alien - Videogame by Universal

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Cosmic Alien

Name: Cosmic Alien
Developer: Universal

Year: 1980
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: unique
Game Specific: Cosmic Alien Pinout
Settings: Cosmic Alien 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 [Fire]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard
Cocktail

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Cosmic Alien Description

Cosmic Alien was produced by Universal in 1980.

Universal released 52 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Cosmic Alien was produced include Mr.Gun Man, Asteroid Killer, Magical Spot II, Magical Spot, Space Panic, Alien Invader, Cosmic Guerilla, Cosmic Monsters, Limbo, and Get A Way.

This is an early vertical space shooter game. You must destroy all aliens and a special monster that sometimes appears on the screen.

Cabinet Information

The tabletop cabinet has as frontglass painted with Cosmic Alien artwork. The joystick is located at the bottom and the fire button is found to the right of that.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard
Cocktail

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

If you destroy all the smaller aliens but one, that last alien will turn into the "special monster" - a giant gargoyle which is named Bagle. Bagle will then dive bomb the player. Bagle can be destroyed after one hit, as he's really only faster and bigger than the smaller aliens.

Game Play

Fight the three types of aliens that appear in the different levels. The longer you play the more aliens will fly down to you dropping deadly bombs. Some aliens fly together in a formation making a cool jet sound.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Cosmic Alien Census

There are 12,254 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,612 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 161,093 machines (6,737 unique titles).

Common - There are approximately 45 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 Cosmic Alien collectors. And of these, 20 are original dedicated machines, and 6 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 Cosmic Alien machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Cosmic Alien circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Cosmic Alien.

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 10 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

Operation, Maintenance, Service Manual 27 Pages, 2.1 MB File.

Video Clips

(first level complete) Cosmic Alien, arcade, Universal, 1979

COSMIC ALIEN by UNIVERSAL Cocktail Table from 1979 real Hardware

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Cosmic Alien Flyer #228
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Cosmic Alien Flyer #3788
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Cosmic Alien Flyer #3947

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