Galaxy Wars - Videogame by Taito

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Galaxy Wars

Name: Galaxy Wars
Developer: Taito

Year: 1979
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Taito Classic

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 [Launch/Thrust]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Galaxy Wars Description

Launch a missile at flying saucers at the top of the screen. If you miss, hit one of the invincible drones or your missile will get shot and you will lose a launching pad. Lose all launching pads and the game is over.

Galaxy Wars was produced by Taito in 1979.

Taito released 487 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period Galaxy Wars was produced include Ball Park, Ball Park II, Field Goal, Galaxy Rescue, Lunar Rescue, Top Bowler, Super Speed Race V, Super Block, Space Wipeout, and Road Champion.

Galaxy Wars - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.18 (1 vote)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.60

     Overall 'Like': 4.00
     Fun (Social): 3.00
     Fun (Solo): 3.00
     Collector Desire: 4.00

Technical Impressions Score: 2.75

     Gameplay: 3.00
     Graphics: 3.00
     Originality: 4.00
     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 Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Galaxy Wars Census

There are 12,127 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,620 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 163,023 machines (6,847 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are approximately 13 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 8 of these machines are owned by our active Galaxy Wars collectors. And of these, 5 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 2 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Galaxy Wars. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Galaxy Wars circuit board set.

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

This game ranks a 2 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

Universal Galaxy Wars Pinout - PCB 7908-A 1 Pages, 27 kB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 89; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips

Galaxy Wars, Arcade, Taito, 1979

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Galaxy Wars Flyer #403
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Galaxy Wars Flyer #404
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Galaxy Wars Flyer #3624
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Galaxy Wars Flyer #5392

eBay Listings

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