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Rygar
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Name: Rygar Manufacturer: Tecmo Year: 1986 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Rygar Pinout Settings: Rygar Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Rygar DescriptionRygar was produced by Tecmo in 1986. Tecmo released 63 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1985. Other machines made by Tecmo during the time period Rygar was produced include Mighty Bomb Jack, Argos No Senshi - Legendary Warrior, Solomon's Key, Tee'd Off, Gemini Wing, Mega Force, Quiz Kokology 2, A Round The World, 1 on 1 Government, and Happy Pierrot Dream Rail 2. Rygar - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.12 (7 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. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThis game was only sold as a conversion kit.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsWith regard to the US ROM Sets, it appears that the 'rygar' set is a bug fix release for 'rygar2' ROMs. The original version was probably renamed to 'rygar2' when the new, fixed 'rygar' set was created.The differences between these revisions are:
On level 13 there is a hidden star that will award you 1000000 points! ConversionAny cabinet equipped with a Tehkan wiring harness will accept this PCB. The game only requires one joystick and two buttons. However, two joysticks and four buttons will be required if the game is installed in a cocktail cabinet.Game IntroductionYou play the part of a barbarian warrior trying to reclaim the land from an evil Dominator and his legions of minions. You have to fight your way through 27 rounds using a unique weapon that has a lethal razor sharp disk that is thrown at enemies!MiscellaneousCOPY OF: Argos No Senshi - Legendary WarriorThe differences between the US and Japanese ROM sets are: the demo sequences differ VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Rygar CensusThere are 12,158 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,544 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 160,082 machines (6,700 unique titles).Very Common - There are approximately 91 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 28 of these machines are owned by our active Rygar collectors. And of these, 5 are original dedicated machines, 6 are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 17 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 4 active VAPS members with extra Rygar circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There are 2 active VAPS members currently looking for Rygar. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Rygar circuit board set. 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 12 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalCPU: Z80 7.6 MHzSOUND CPU: Z80 4 MHz SCREEN: 256x224 horz 60Hz COLORS: 1024 dynamic SOUND: YM-3812 4 MHz Manuals
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