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Rescue
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Name: Rescue Developer: Stern Electronics Year: 1982 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Rescue Pinout Settings: Rescue Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Rescue DescriptionRescue the parachuting soldiers that have fallen into the sea and transfer them to an island for safety. Avoid the enemy helicopters, ships and submarines that try to shoot you down.Rescue was produced by Stern Electronics in 1982. Stern Electronics released 67 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Other machines made by Stern Electronics during the time period Rescue was produced include Dark Planet, Cue, Dragonfist, Hypnox, Frenzy, Split Second, Freefall, Lightning, Armored Car, and Iron Maiden. Rescue - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.15 (1 vote)
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. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
ConversionThe game is a conversion of the standard Scramble/Super Cobra boardset. There is a small sub-board added as well as several wire jumpers on the bottom board.Game IntroductionYou are the pilot of a helicopter flying over dangerous waters. Your mission is to rescue a varying number of paratroopers from the water below and you must do this before they are eaten by sharks. Beware of enemy submarines, ships and helicopters. You must avoid or destroy them.After have have rescued a certain number of paratroopers, you must let them off safely on an island. The game uses multi-level parallax scrolling to give the illusion of depth. The game may have even been the inspiration for Choplifter. Game PlayThe game serves up the action via dual joystick controls. At the left, an eight-directional joystick controls the flight of your helicopter while a complementary joystick on the right gives you eight-directional firepower to use against your approaching enemies. There is also a Bomb button just to the left of the right joystick that is used to drop bombs onto your enemies.Rescue the men and bring them to the island. Rescuing the soldiers under fire awards bonus points. Unload the men by landing on the island. Shooting enemies awards points: helicopter, 250 shark, 75 submarine, 125 ship, 180. Each man that safely arrives on an island is worth 500 points. VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Rescue CensusThere 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).Common - There are approximately 21 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 12 of these machines are owned by our active Rescue collectors. And of these, 7 are original dedicated machines, and 5 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 Rescue circuit board for sale. Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Rescue. This game ranks a 8 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TriviaThis game was designed and programmed by Chris Oberth.Manuals
eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Rescue Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for Stern Electronics for machines and parts. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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