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Mars Matrix

Description

An ultra cool vertical space shooter that lets you pick from several different spaceships.

Mars Matrix was produced by Takumi in 2000.

Takumi released 2 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 2000. Takumi was based in United States.

Other machines made by Takumi during the time period Mars Matrix was produced include: Night Raid

Specs

Name	Mars Matrix
Developer	Takumi (United States)
Year	2000
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	8629
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Shooter
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Capcom CPS II - JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Joint
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player
Controls	Joystick: 8-way Buttons: 2 - Fire\|Bomb
Sound	Capcom Q-Sound - Amplified Stereo
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
PCB	Mars Matrix PCB Image

Video Clips

Mars Matrix shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Mars Matrix KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.43 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.60

Overall Like	5.00
Fun (Social)	4.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	4.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay	5.00
Graphics	4.00
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.00

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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Miscellaneous

Licensed to Capcom for US manufacture and distribution.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Mars Matrix Census

There are 14,752 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,472 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,446 machines (6,894 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 53 known instances of this machine owned by Mars Matrix collectors who are active members. Of these, 3 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. 48 of them 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. There are 4 active VAPS members looking for Mars Matrix boards sets.

This game ranks a 16 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]

Flyers

Mars Matrix Hyper Solid Shooting

2000 / 2 Pages

Manuals

Manual - Japanese - Mars Matrix Manual — **Manual - Japanese**
(8 pages, 1.02 MB File)

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