How rare is a Halley's Comet by TAITO?

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Found this pcb in a box of boards I have been sorting through that I have had for years. I don't even remember which auction I got it from. Searched the Bay and found nothing. Can anybody touch on this PCB?

Thanks for your thoughts.......

Ted
 
game play is pretty good, its kindof like Vanguard but no speech though, cool music in it, they were conversion kits
not worth much
 
I think it's a very challenging and exciting vertical shooter. It has the standard "shoot everything that moves and grab the power ups" style of play, but there are some unique elements. For instance, if you let a runaway comet or alien craft slip past your ship, it damages the Earth's atmosphere. If the atmosphere takes enough hits, your game is over, regardless of how many extra lives you have.

There's also a wide variety of power ups and interesting enemies, including expanding metallic gates that must be obliterated before you crash into them.

Eventually, you reach the actual Comet Halley, which is revealed to be an incognito alien spacecraft surrounded by ice. Blast some holes in the ice, and you can fly into the comet itself to to destroy the spaceship from within.

It's a neat game. I like it enough that I covered it in a Lost Arcade Classic article for Game Room a few years back.

Kyle :cool:



Found this pcb in a box of boards I have been sorting through that I have had for years. I don't even remember which auction I got it from. Searched the Bay and found nothing. Can anybody touch on this PCB?

Thanks for your thoughts.......

Ted
 
Thanks. Now my next question.....Is there anybody interested in a non-tested complete PCB board set? It is not JAMMA so I can't test it...

Let me know...(i can post some pics if anybody wants to see it)
 
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