Juno First - Videogame by Konami

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Juno First

Name: Juno First
Developer: Konami

Year: 1983
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Konami Classic
Game Specific: Juno First Pinout
Settings: Juno First Dipswitch Settings

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

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [FireWarp]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Juno First Description

A vertical-scrolling shoot-em-up. Pilot a space fighter through waves of aliens, using warps and the "mystery" to escape danger and gain extra points. Aliens mutate into more dangerous forms the longer they survive.

Juno First was produced by Konami in 1983.

Konami released 433 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Konami during the time period Juno First was produced include Mega Zone, Track & Field, Roc'n Rope, Hyper Olympic, Gyruss, Jackler, 600, Amidar, Jungler, and Scramble.

Juno First - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.63 (4 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 4.58

     Overall 'Like': 4.67
     Fun (Social): 3.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.67
     Collector Desire: 4.67

Technical Impressions Score: 3.56

     Gameplay: 4.67
     Graphics: 4.33
     Originality: 3.25
     Sound/Music: 4.67

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 cabinet exterior is dark blue trimmed in black, with orange and yellow stenciled artwork.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs

To jumpstart your score, avoid shooting anything until the asteroid appears usually about 15 to 20 seconds into each wave. Since aliens get more hostile over time, this only works well for the first few non-formation waves.

The game has only sixteen distinct waves. Once you pass the sixteenth wave, they will repeat, starting over with wave one the aliens, however, remain very hostile. Scores start over at zero once you pass one million points.

Game Play

Waves of aliens are trying to destroy your fighter craft. Waves increase in difficulty, with every third or fourth wave being a formation wave where the aliens appear and attack in a particular pattern. Aliens mutate into more dangerous forms the longer they survive, so they should be killed as quickly as possible. The radar at the top of the screen shows what kinds of aliens are approaching and where they will appear.

The aliens usually release white bombs these cannot be shot down, only avoided. They also release homing bombs, which are more dangerous but can be destroyed. Shooting the asteroid and capturing the "mystery" inside will stop the aliens from firing altogether for about 10 seconds, and give you bonus points for each alien you kill.

You have 99 seconds to complete each wave. The quicker you complete the wave, the higher your bonus. An extra ship is awarded every 100,000 points.

Using the warp button lets you escape from sticky situations. You have three warps for each wave, but warps do not accumulate from wave to wave.

Miscellaneous

LICENSOR: Gottlieb

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Juno First 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 77 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 33 of these machines are owned by our active Juno First collectors. And of these, 20 are original dedicated machines, and 13 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 Juno First circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There are 7 active VAPS members currently looking for Juno First. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Juno First board sets.

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

This game ranks a 27 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]

Technical

The game uses a 6809 microprocessor, a Z80 microprocessor, and a 8039 microprocessor. For sound it uses one AY-3-8910 PSG and a DAC.

Manuals

Instruction Manual 32 Pages, 2.9 MB File.

Video Clips

JUNO FIRST arcade game by KONAMI 1983

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Juno First Flyer #1224
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Juno First Flyer #3663

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