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Star Force Star Force - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Star Force - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

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 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1981. Tehkan was based in Japan.

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

Star Force - Cabinet - Machine
Cabinet

Specs

Name Star Force
Developer Tehkan (Japan)
Year 1984
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 9759
Class Wide Release
Genre Space
Monitor
Conversion Class Tehkan
Game Specific Star Force Pinout
Dipswitch Settings

Star Force Dipswitch Settings (user contributed)

# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum 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

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

Fun Factor: 3.60

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

Technical Rating: 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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Miscellaneous

Also released under the name Mega Force in 1985.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Star Force Census

There are 14,717 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,456 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,294 machines (6,886 unique titles).

Common - There are 38 known instances of this machine owned by Star Force collectors who are active members. Of these, 2 of them are original dedicated machines. 36 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Star Force circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for Star Force. There are 3 active VAPS members looking for Star Force boards sets.

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.

This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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

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Legacy

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