Star Force - Videogame by Tehkan

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Star Force

Name: Star Force
Developer: Tehkan

Year: 1984
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Space
Monitor:

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

Conversion Class: Tehkan
Game Specific: Star Force Pinout
Settings: Star Force Dipswitch Settings

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

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 1 [Fire]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

Upright/Standard

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Star Force Description

Pilot your spaceship over islands floating in space, shooting enemy spacecraft and ground targets. Pick up the special symbols for bonuses and power-ups. Levels are designated by Greek letters and the end boss must be defeated before advancing to the next stage.

Star Force was produced by Tehkan in 1984.

Tehkan released 15 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981.

Other machines made by Tehkan during the time period Star Force was produced include Bomb Jack, Gridiron Fight, Lovely Poker, Pinball Action, Pontoon, Guzzler, Senjyo, Space Tank, Swimmer, and Voyager.

Star Force - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.47 (3 votes)

Personal Impressions Score: 3.60

     Overall 'Like': 3.67
     Fun (Social): 3.00
     Fun (Solo): 4.00
     Collector Desire: 3.67

Technical Impressions Score: 3.33

     Gameplay: 4.00
     Graphics: 3.67
     Originality: 2.33
     Sound/Music: 3.33

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

Miscellaneous

Also released under the name Mega Force in 1985.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Force 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).

Common - There are approximately 37 known instances of this machine presumably owned by our current and past members. More are likely owned by non-members. 17 of these machines are owned by our active Star Force collectors. And of these, 17 are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Star Force circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There are 2 active VAPS members looking for Star Force board sets.

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.

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

Legacy

Star Force (1984)
Final Star Force (1992)

Manuals

Service Manual 4 Pages, 293 kB File.

Additional References
(logged in members often see more)

The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Star Force Flyer #1016
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Star Force Flyer #3921
The Arcade Flyer Archive (TAFA): Star Force Flyer #5297

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