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Star Fire
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Name: Star Fire Manufacturer: Exidy Year: 1980 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Star Fire Pinout Settings: Star Fire Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Star Fire DescriptionStar Fire was produced by Exidy in 1980. Exidy released 57 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1974. Other machines made by Exidy
during the time period Star Fire was produced include Targ, Bandido, Spectar, Tail Gunner II, Venture, Rip Cord, Star Fire II, Fire One!, Side Trak, and Kreepy Krawlers. Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsEntering the initials "SKO" will cause the game to print "HI SUSAN". Entering the initials "DBR" will cause the game to print "HI DAVE".Game PlayThe first wave of ships is red, the next is green and then finally blue. The enemy shoots big, white energy balls at you. If you get hit, a message on the heads-up display prints: "GOT YOU!". Your weapon is four X-wing style lasers that originate in the four corners of the screen and meet together at the sight in the center. The lasers are very slow and it takes a few seconds between the time you push the fire button to the time they hit the target in the site. Timing is a crucial factor when playing this game. Hitting a target flashes a message on the heads-up display: "GOT HIM!". Near the end of the game you will see a ship that looks like a Viper from Battlestar Galactica. It has "Exidy" printed on the top back wing. If you shoot it the heads up display will read: "GOT US!"VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Fire CensusThere are 11,588 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,159 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 153,467 machines (6,556 unique titles).Uncommon - There are 9 known instances of this machine owned by Star Fire collectors who are active members. Of these, 7 of them are original dedicated machines, and 2 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There is one active VAPS member with a Star Fire machine for sale. Wanted - There are 3 active VAPS members currently looking for Star Fire. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Star Fire circuit board set. This game ranks a 3 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 6 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe board consists of two PCBs: a main board for processing and a daughterboard for the EPROMs and sound. These boards were connected at 90 degrees via edge connector.TriviaThis was the first cockpit game, but it was also released as an upright. Apparently, there was a sequel called Rolling Star Fire that was basically the same game mounted on a barrel-rolling chassis with some souped-up game play radar, "normal" color, etc..This is the first arcade coin-operated video game to maintain a high score table by accepting and displaying the names of winning players. This game was featured prominently in the 1980 Disney film, Midnight Madness, though the graphics were altered to fit the needs of the script. FixesThe edge connector that joins the daughter board to the main board is a common source of problems.Manuals
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eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Star Fire Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Exidy . Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machine auctions, powered by Ace.com.
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