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Dark Planet
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Name: Dark Planet Developer: Stern Electronics Year: 1982 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Dark Planet DescriptionA 3-D space adventure game that takes place on a mysterious planet. Prevent enemies from building bases.Dark Planet was produced by Stern Electronics in 1982. Stern Electronics released 67 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Dark Planet was produced include Frenzy, Cue, Dragonfist, Hypnox, Pooyan, Split Second, Freefall, Lightning, Armored Car, and Iron Maiden. Cabinet InformationThe cabinet features richly detailed 50's sci-fi style artwork.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game IntroductionThe game is viewed through a three-inch tall slit in the front of the cabinet. The blue colored objects (your ship and enemy ships), appear to float at the top level of the terrain. The red colored objects appear to rest on the bottom of the terrain. The filters used for the 3-D effect make the layers appear about three inches apart from each other.Game PlayYou thrust and fire like Asteroids, but you can also "laser" the enemies on the level below you -- kind of like bombing them. When you hold down the laser button, impacts or explosions appear on the level below you, destroying any enemies they touch. There is a cannon-type gun that rolls on tracks on the ground that shoots up at you. There is also a volcano in the lower right quarter that occasionally erupts into the upper level. When you fire, your shots hit the sides of the terrain and you can bump into the top of the volcano. You can get down to the lower level of game play by entering a tube in the upper right quarter.VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Dark Planet CensusThere 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 7 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 Dark Planet collectors. And of these, 3 are original dedicated machines Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Dark Planet. This game ranks a 2 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.
TechnicalThe game uses the same boardset as Super Cobra.TriviaThe game was programmed by Dale Jurich and was one of two video games he ever made. The other was a pool game for the IBM PC Jr.Manuals
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Dark Planet Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Stern Electronics 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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