The player pilots a sputnik-shaped spaceship over a leftward scrolling landscape. The machine gun can be fired in eight directions. Destroy the ground based enemies.
Mars was produced by Artic in 1981.
Artic released 4 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980. Artic was based in United States.
Other machines made by Artic during the time period Mars was produced include: Max Magic, Super Star, and Devil Fish
Name | Mars |
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Developer | Artic (United States) |
Year | 1981 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 8628 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooter |
Monitor |
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Conversion Class | unique |
# Simultaneous Players | 1 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Gameplay | Alternating |
Control Panel Layout | Single Player |
Controls |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
Cabinet Styles |
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Side Art | Mars Side Art Image |
The game play is similar to Scramble.
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There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 10 known instances of this machine owned by Mars collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 3 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Mars circuit board set.
This game ranks a 1 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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