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Minefield Minefield - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Minefield - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

Go for as long as you can destroying assorted enemy ground and air vehicles. Avoid hitting a mine while picking up missiles from the ground. Missile attack ground instalations for extra points.

Minefield was produced by Stern Electronics in 1983.

Stern Electronics released 67 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977.

Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Minefield was produced include: Orbitor 1, Cue, Dragonfist, Frenzy, Dark Planet, Great Guns, Lost Tomb, Cliff Hanger, Goal To Go, and Great Guns

Minefield - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Minefield
Developer Stern Electronics
Year 1983
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 8700
Class Wide Release
Genre Scrolling Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class unique
Dipswitch Settings

Minefield Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Gameplay Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player
Controls
  • Joystick: 8-way
  • Joystick: 8-way [Machine Gun]
  • Buttons: 1 [Fire missles]
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

You get points for how many enemies you destroy and the distance traveled.

Minefield KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.73 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 3.20

Overall Like 4.00
Fun (Social) 3.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 1.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 4.00
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 4.00

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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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Minefield Census

There are 14,716 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,455 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,291 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Minefield collectors who are active members. Of these, 6 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. 2 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 Minefield circuit board set.

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.

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

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  1. 3D Model (External): Upright

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