Space Zap - Videogame by Midway Manufacturing Co.

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Space Zap

Name: Space Zap
Developer: Midway Manufacturing Co.

Year: 1980
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Skill
Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Black and White with a Color Overlay

Game Specific: Space Zap Pinout

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Controls:

Buttons: Directional (up, down, left, right)
Buttons: 1 [Fire]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard
Cocktail
Cabaret/Mini

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Space Zap Description

A space-themed reflex game where you command a laser base and destroy a variety of attackers including space mines, alien ships, and attack sattelites.

Space Zap was produced by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1980.

Midway Manufacturing Co. released 133 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1959.

Other machines made by Midway Manufacturing Co. during the time period Space Zap was produced include Space Invaders II, Bulls Eye Darts, Extra Bases, Space Encounters, Rally-X, 18 Wheeler, Phantom II, Super Speed Race, Super Galaxians, and Submarine.

Space Zap - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.50 (7 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.70

     Overall 'Like': 4.14
     Fun (Social): 3.33
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 3.00

Technical Impressions Score: 3.32

     Gameplay: 4.29
     Graphics: 2.86
     Originality: 3.57
     Sound/Music: 2.57

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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Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard
Cocktail
Cabaret/Mini

Game Play

Keep your right hand close to the laser panel gentle pressure is enough to relocate the laser nozzle. Fire constantly with your left hand, making several shots per second your goal. Shoot in a swift circle, top-right-bottom-left-top, reflexively completing one circuit each second or second and a half. Whatever you do, never stop firing.

Each enemy you destroy has different point values:

Space Mine: 250 points
Alien Ship: 500 points
Attack Sattelite:2000 points

You will receive a bonus Laser Base every 75,000 points.

Miscellaneous

The game was licensed to Bally Midway by Game-A-Tron.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Space Zap Census

There are 12,064 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,569 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 162,351 machines (6,821 unique titles).

Very Common - There are approximately 85 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 40 of these machines are owned by our active Space Zap collectors. And of these, 40 are original dedicated machines

For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Space Zap machine for sale.

Wanted - There are 9 active VAPS members currently looking for Space Zap. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Space Zap circuit board set.

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

This game ranks a 22 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

Foto-Finder® (books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 83; Color photo;
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 83; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips

Space Zap Arcade Game (1980 Midway Mfg.) - Overview & Review

Bally Midway SPACE ZAP

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Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Space Zap Flyer #993
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Space Zap Flyer #2344
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Space Zap Flyer #2590
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Space Zap Flyer #3591

eBay Listings

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