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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 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1936. Sega was based in United States.

Other machines made by Sega during the time period SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative was produced include: War Ball, Slap Shooter, Gigas, Wonder Boy Deluxe, Wonder Boy, After Burner, After Burner II, Center Court, Chrono Soldier, and DakkoChan Jansoh

SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative
Developer Sega (United States)
Year 1987
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9396
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Sega System 16
# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum 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
PCB SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative PCB Image

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.

SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 0.00 (0 votes)

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

There are 14,717 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).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by SDI - Strategic Defense Initiative collectors who are active members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit). One 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.

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

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