SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative

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Name: SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
Developer: Sega

Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Sega System 16

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way with button [Fire]
Trackball: Optical [Aim]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

Prototype
The cabinet on this S.D.I. prototype is labeled "Defense".

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SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative PCB Image

SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative Description

Nuclear war has begun. Attack your enemies then defend your home.

SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative was produced by Sega in 1987.

Sega released 591 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative was produced include After Burner II, Center Court, Chrono Soldier, DakkoChan Jansoh, After Burner, Alien Syndrome, Body Slam, Action Fighter, Dump Matsumoto, and Alex Kidd: The Lost Stars.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Play

In the first part (offensive), destroy anything on the screen. All flying objects are targets. You cannot hurt the other player. In the second part (defensive), nuclear bombs are headed towards your home. Shoot them before they reach their targets.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative Census

There 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).

Rare - There are approximately 2 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 1 of these machine are owned by our active SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative collectors. It is a set of circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative.

At any given time, our active members are listing on VAPS on average of 4,400 games they are looking for, and 3,600 games for sale.

This game ranks a 0 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Additional References
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The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative Flyer #903
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative Flyer #1772

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SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative - Title screen image