Spelunker II - Videogame by Irem

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Spelunker II

Name: Spelunker II
Developer: Irem

Year: 1985
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Labyrinth/Maze
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Irem
Game Specific: Spelunker II Pinout
Settings: Spelunker II Dipswitch Settings

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

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2 [Shoot/Set BombJump]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

Spelunker II PCB Image

Spelunker II Description

The player contols a miner who is looking for treasures in a huge mine. Find the key that opens the door to the next level and along the way, collect items that can help or reward points. Collect life potions to regenerate and shoot your enemies.

Spelunker II was produced by Irem in 1985.

Irem released 87 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by Irem during the time period Spelunker II was produced include Lode Runner - Majin No Fukkatsu, Spelunker, Lot Lot, Atomic Boy, Lode Runner - Golden Labyrinth, Spartan X, Battle-Road, Lode Runner - The Bungeling Strikes Back, Kung Fu, and Lode Runner.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

To set off bombs, pull the joystick down and press the fire button

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Spelunker II 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).

Scarce - There are approximately 4 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 2 of these machines are owned by our active Spelunker II collectors. And of these, 2 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Spelunker II. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Spelunker II circuit board set.

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This game ranks a 1 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.

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