Tail Gunner

47 Years old Arcade Video game Vectorbeam [Union City, CA, USA]

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Tail Gunner © 1979 Vectorbeam.

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TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Main CPU : CCPU (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Discrete Circuitry

Players: 1
Control: stick
Buttons: 2

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TRIVIA

Tail Gunner was released in November 1979.

Vectorbeam was bought out by Cinematronics after Tail Gunner was released. Once the game was released, Vectorbeam was closed down.

Exidy licensed Tail Gunner for production of cockpit units with the name of Tail Gunner 2.

Licensed to Sega for Japan market.

A Tail Gunner unit appears in the 1982 movie 'Tron'.

STAFF
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Produced by: Tim Skelly
Designed & programmed by: Dan Sunday, Larry Rosenthal
Cabinet Art: Rick Bryant
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's picture.