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Magical Spot

Description

Shoot larvae and grubs dropping from a UFO. Missed larvae will spin cocoons and when a total of seven hatch, they turn into Ultramoths that swarm against your ship. Destroy all the bugs on the screen to increase your rank.

Magical Spot was produced by Universal in 1980.

Universal released 52 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Universal was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Universal during the time period Magical Spot was produced include: Alien Invader, Cosmic Guerilla, Cosmic Monsters, Limbo, Get A Way, Space Panic, Magical Spot II, Cheeky Mouse, Cosmic Alien, and Devil Zone

Specs

Name	Magical Spot
Developer	Universal (Japan)
Year	1980
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8505
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Vertical Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
Game Specific	Magical Spot Pinout
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	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
Instructions	Magical Spot Instructions Image
Control Panel	Magical Spot Control Panel Image
Side Art	Magical Spot Side Art Image

Video Clips

Magical Spot shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Magical Spot KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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.

More pictures

Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Magical Spot Census

There are 14,748 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,472 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,455 machines (6,894 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Magical Spot collectors who are active members. Of these, 13 of them are original dedicated machines. 2 of them 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 Magical Spot machine for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra Magical Spot circuit board for sale.

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

This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Legacy

Magical Spot
Magical Spot II

Manuals

Operation, Maintenance, and Service Manual - Magical Spot Manual — **Operation, Maintenance, and Service Manual**
(21 pages, 1.9 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 93; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 93; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated

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