Bullet Mark
From Sega Retro
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| Bullet Mark | |||||||||||||||||
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| System(s): Discrete logic arcade | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. (JP) Sega Enterprises, Inc. (US) | |||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Light gun shooter | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 2 | |||||||||||||||||
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Bullet Mark (バレットマーク) is a 1975 discrete logic light gun shooter game by Sega. It is similar to Sega's earlier Balloon Gun (1974), but with twin Tommy Guns and a wider variety of targets to shoot. Like Balloon Gun, it was a first-person light-gun shooter with two-player co-op gameplay. In Japan, Sega released two versions, Bullet Mark II and Bullet Mark II.[1]
Bullet Mark was Sega's first product to be manufactured in the United States,[6][7] at the Sega of America factory in Redondo Beach, California.[4] In the United States, it sold 10 arcade units in 1975 and 200 arcade units in early 1976, for a total of 210 arcade units sold by early 1976.[8] Due to its large size, it was a commercial failure in North America. Sega responded by developing a scaled-down version, Tracer (1976).[9]
Contents
Gameplay
The guns have a recoil effect and can be fired as a single shot or in a short burst. Four series of targets appear sequentially on an oversized TV screen: balloons (worth 7 points), tanks (15 points), pirates (30 points) and aircraft (45 points). A perfect score is 979. Game time adjustable from 60 to 140 seconds. When played as a two-player game, a score of 800 (adjustable to 600 depending on the operator) by either player automatically extends the game into an additional balloon series.
Specifications
Dimensions
- Mass: 152kg
Production credits
Promotional material
Physical scans
Bullet Mark Operation and Service Manual
Bullet Mark Model B1 Gun Alignment Procedures
Photo gallery
Cabinet
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1977 Sega Price List, page 5
- ↑ http://sega-interactive.co.jp/special/history/title/bulletmark.html (Wayback Machine: 2016-04-30 05:33)
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1978-03-25.pdf, page 76
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Cash Box, "November 29, 1975" (US; 1975-11-29), page 50
- ↑ Amusement Trade Fair - Colour, British Movietone, February 8, 1976
- ↑ Cash Box, "November 29, 1975" (US; 1975-11-29), page 51
- ↑ File:PlayMeter US Volume 01 No. 12.pdf, page 19
- ↑ https://archive.org/details/VideogamesInTheBeginningRalphH.Baer/page/n33/mode/2up
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Cxy_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT269
- ↑ https://patents.google.com/patent/US4007934A/ (Wayback Machine: 2022-03-06 20:31)