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Guevara

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Name: Guevara
Manufacturer: SNK
Year: 1987
Type: Videogame

Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Fighter
Monitor:

  • Orientation: Vertical
  • Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
  • CRT: Color
Conversion Class: JAMMA+

Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

  • Joystick: 8-way Rotary
  • Buttons: 2 [Fire|Grenade]

Sound: Amplified Mono (one channel)

Cabinet Styles:

  • Upright/Standard
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Guevara Description

Guevara was produced by SNK in 1987.

SNK released 183 different machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1978.

Other machines made by SNK during the time period Guevara was produced include Guerrilla War, Touchdown Fever, Mahjong Block Jongbou, Battle Field, World Wars, Dogosoken, Victory Road, Meijinsen, Psycho Soldier, and Athena.

Players use guns, grenades and tanks to kill all opponents in a scrolling world. Capture the fortress to overthrow the Batistas. Bosses include a helicopter, a train and a tank.

Cabinet Style Weights and Measures

Type
Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

The country is struggling against the cruel domination of the Padista Empire. Che Guevara and Fidel Castro attempt to secretly land on shore, but the Padista Empire's military is waiting for them. Fight your way inland and attack the fortress.

Miscellaneous

Japanese version of Guerrilla War. The story was altered for the American version to just overthrowing a king.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Guevara Census

There are 11,283 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 8,988 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 150,780 machines (6,492 unique titles).

Rare - There are 2 known instances of this machine owned by Guevara collectors who are active members. Of these, 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 an extra Guevara circuit board for sale.

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

This game ranks a 0 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]

Technical

CPU: 3xZ80
SOUND: 2xY8950

Trivia

Based on the the revolutionary war of Cuba against the Padista Empire that ocured in the 1950s. The first player takes on the role of Che Guevara and the second player controls Fidel Castro.

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