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Vanguard
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Name: Vanguard Manufacturer: Centuri Year: 1981 Type: Videogame Class: Wide Release
Game Specific: Vanguard Pinout Settings: Vanguard Dipswitch Settings Number of Simultaneous Players: 1
Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)
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Vanguard DescriptionVanguard was produced by Centuri in 1981. Centuri released 14 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Other machines made by Centuri during the time period Vanguard was produced include Pit, The, Pleiades, Challenger, Route 16, Time Pilot, Phoenix, Eagle, Killer Comet, and Battle Station. Vanguard - KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 2.88 (3 votes)
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. Log in to rate this game! Cabinet InformationThe sideart shows an astronaut in a ship being attacked by giant snakes that shoot lasers. The game was also released by Cinematronics in a stand-up cocktail version.Cabinet Style Weights and Measures
Game PlayYour ship moves from zone to zone, accompanied by synthesized speech describing the name of each zone Stick Zone, Rainbow Zone, etc. There is a boss at the end of the level that is protected by two moving barriers with holes in them that you must shoot through. After completing the level, you start over on a new, harder level with a different layout.Your ship also has a fuel tank, which is depleted as the game proceeds. Each enemy you destroy increases the fuel in your tank. If you run out of fuel, your ship crashes. Your fuel supply can also be replenished by driving through an energy pod a structure labeled "Energy" - you cannot miss it. After running through an energy pod, your ship becomes energized for a short time and can crash into anything enemies, walls, etc. The game is mostly a horizontal scroller, but it converts to a vertical scroller and your ship rotates 90 degrees for the last zone and when fighting the boss. MiscellaneousLICENSEE: Cinematronics for the standup cocktail versionThe game was originally created by SNK and licenced to Centuri for U.S. distrabution.
VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Vanguard CensusThere are 11,505 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,119 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 152,577 machines (6,538 unique titles).Very Common - There are 164 known instances of this machine owned by Vanguard collectors who are active members. Of these, 123 of them are original dedicated machines, 2 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 39 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 5 active VAPS members with Vanguard machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with extra Vanguard circuit boards for sale. Wanted - There are 8 active VAPS members currently looking for Vanguard. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Vanguard circuit board set. This game ranks a 41 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 15 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.
TechnicalThe game uses a Z80 CPU and generates speech using a separate add-on board. There is a -5VDC post on the speech board that must be powered in order for the board to work properly. Most of the sounds and music are generated via a SN76477 chip.TriviaThe game plays a little bit of the Star Trek theme at the start of a game the newer theme used in "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" and "Star Trek: The Next Generation". Also, the game plays "Vultan's Theme Attack of the Hawkmen" from the 1981 "Flash Gordon" movie whenever you get the fuel pod and become invincible. Vanguard also came in a standing table game format tall cocktail which was produced by Cinematronics.Legacy
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