Play Meter

Space
elusion
Taito America is now sampling
Space Chaser. its new two-player
Save the
Hostages
Universal's Cosmic Guerilla. a
new video game continu ing the
inter-galactic video struggle against
persistent space marauders. is a color
unit available either in table or
upright design.
Scoring. which can reach six
digits. is structured so that UFO hits
are worth between 50-300 points.
The Mutant Mole. worth 50 or 200
points. appears every time a player
scores 500 points. And 1-2.000
points ( adjustable by dip switch es) is
ch arted when a player is awarded a
new cen tral laser gu n.
The gam e is centered around the
guerilla which ru sh es toward a
player's block from both sides to take
it away while bombing. When the
block disappears. he tries to spir it
the central laser gun away to his
position .
Pinball
earthquake
Car
rclCing
provides
th e
background for Bally's new Nitro
Ground Shaker triple bonu s feature
with two ways to collect. A total of
176.000 points is possible on one
ball. Lettered lanes. targets. and
saucers all advance the bonus
feature
An independent super
bonus and Nitro feature awarding
20.000 points. 30.000 points and
special. also is a Nitro Ground
Shaker feature.
Two ways to collect the bonus
make Ground Shaker a player
attraction. A left saucer awards the
r igh t. left. or both bonus points in
conjunction with the top saucer
feature. Players can receive the
bonu s points without losing the ball .
The ou thole also awards th e left and
r ight bonu s as well as the Super and
Nitro bon us.
Ground Shaker also has Bally's
new on-board microprocessor sound
system. creating some feature pro-
grammed sounds. Sounds of cars
racing will entice players again and
again.
Bally also has included all the
standard features such as front door
programming and a three-coin chute
door.
progressive skill level space game.
Space Chaser is a true strategy
p iece in which the p layer's space ship
maneuvers to clear all target dots in a
maze format ion while avoiding the
pursuit o f an en emy space chaser . A
special thru st button en ables the
player space ship to escape the
pursuing space chaser by instantly
increasing the speed of the player's
space ship.
Fuel from the "fuel reserve tank'' is
consumed while operating the thrust
button. And at the end of each
frame. if the player's space ship has
not used his thrust button and a full
tank of fuel remains in reserve. the
player is awarded 4.000 bonus
points.
If som e fuel remain s in the fuel
reserve tank. then a proportionate
number o f bonus points to reserve
fuel will be given.
Space Chaser is the first model to
be manufactured by Taito America
Corp. in its n ew Elk Grove Village.
Illinois.
manufacturing
facility.
Delivery began at the end of
January.
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