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Spiders

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Name: Spiders
Manufacturer: Sigma Ent. Inc.
Year: 1981
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Shooter
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: unique
Game Specific: Spiders Pinout
Settings: Spiders Dipswitch Settings

Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Alternating
Control Panel Layout: Single Player
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
  • Cabaret/Mini
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Spiders Description

Spiders was produced by Sigma Ent. Inc. in 1981.

Sigma Ent. Inc. released 4 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1980.

Other machines made by Sigma Ent. Inc. during the time period Spiders was produced include Battle Cruiser M-12, Wanted, and Golden Invaders.

Move your missile base back and forth and shoot at a growing spider web and attacking spiders. Every few rounds a woman's face will appear and she will wink at you.

Spiders - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.56 (3 votes)

 Personal Impressions Score: 3.87

     Overall 'Like': 4.00
     Fun (Social): 4.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.33
     Collector Desire: 3.00 
Technical Impressions Score: 3.25

     Gameplay: 3.67
     Graphics: 3.33
     Originality: 3.00
     Sound/Music: 3.00

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 Information

The side-art for this cabinet shows a spider in a web.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard
Cabaret/Mini

Miscellaneous

This game was licensed to Venture Line. It uses a lot of high-pitched beeps for the music.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Spiders Census

There are 12,147 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,535 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 159,756 machines (6,693 unique titles).

Common - There are approximately 28 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 13 of these machines are owned by our active Spiders collectors. And of these, 7 are original dedicated machines, and 6 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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

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

Manuals

  1. Manual  12 Pages, 1 MB File.

Foto-Finder® (books)

  1. Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 104; Color photo; Price guide:

Video Clips


    Sigma SPIDERS Cabaret Arcade Video Game

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Additional References
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  1. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #1424    
  2. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #2626    
  3. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #3151    
  4. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #4402    
  5. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #5491    
  6. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #3535    
  7. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #3301    
  8. The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Spiders Flyer #4078    

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