Pyramid (lost arcade game; 1978): Difference between revisions

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Manual photo taken of the screen.

Status: Lost

Pyramid (aka ピラミッドー Piramiddo) was an arcade game released in Japan in 1978 by the company "Sankyo". Not much is known about this title other than the fact that it's an Egyptian themed clone of Breakout, and that it had both raster and cocktail cabinets. There was apparently a YouTube video of gameplay, but has since been privated. In 2014, a user on Nicozon uploaded footage from a camcorder of the game, but unfortunately, they only recorded the game's attract mode. There is currently no known footage of the game in action online.

Gameplay

As previously mentioned, this title is a breakout clone with some variations. These include vertical bricks the player must destroy, and what appears to be hieroglyphics that can only be assumed to act as an extra bumper for the ball to bounce off of. The instruction sheet shows different stages featuring graphics of birds and a stage that bricks are lined up to look like a pyramid.

Gallery

Flyer for the raster model
Flyer for the cocktail model
Instruction sheet
Screenshot of supposed YouTube video

External Link

The only known footage of the game. Retrieved 18 Sept '19

Sources

Source of all of the screenshots. Retrieved 18 Sept '19
Source of the flyer and instruction scans. Retrieved 18 Sept '19
Cocktail flyer source. Retrieved 18 Sept '19
Screenshots of the YouTube video, that is now privated. Retrieved 18 Sept '19

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-'''''Pyramid''''' (aka ''ピラミッドー'' ''Piramiddo'') was an arcade game released in Japan in 1978 by the company "Sankyo".
+'''''Pyramid''''' (aka ''ピラミッドー'' ''Piramiddo'') was an arcade game released in Japan in 1978 by the company "Sankyo". Not much is known about this title other than the fact that it's an Egyptian themed clone of ''Breakout'', and that it had both raster and cocktail cabinets. There was apparently a YouTube video of gameplay, but has since been privated. In 2014, a user on Nicozon uploaded footage from a camcorder of the game, but unfortunately, they only recorded the game's attract mode. There is currently no known footage of the game in action online.
-Not much is known about this title other than the fact that it's an Egyptian themed clone of ''Breakout'', and that it had both raster and cocktail cabinets. There was apparently a YouTube video of gameplay, but has since been privated. In 2014, a user on Nicozon uploaded footage from a camcorder of the game, but unfortunately they only recorded the game's attract mode. There is currently is no known footage of game in action online.
 ==Gameplay==
-As previously mentioned, this title is a ''breakout'' clone with some variations. Such as vertical bricks the player must destroy, and what appears to be hieroglyphics that can only be assumed to act as an extra bumper for the ball to bounce off of. The instruction sheet shows different stages featuring graphics of birds, and a stage that's bricks are lined up to look like a pyramid.
+As previously mentioned, this title is a ''breakout'' clone with some variations. These include vertical bricks the player must destroy, and what appears to be hieroglyphics that can only be assumed to act as an extra bumper for the ball to bounce off of. The instruction sheet shows different stages featuring graphics of birds and a stage that bricks are lined up to look like a pyramid.
 ==Gallery==
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 File:Pyramid5.jpg|Screenshot of supposed YouTube video
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 ==External Link==
 *[http://www.nicozon.net/watch/sm23658177 The only known footage of the game.] Retrieved 18 Sept '19
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 *[https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=3445&image=1 Cocktail flyer source.] Retrieved 18 Sept '19
 *[http://haikyoworks.web.fc2.com/game/game_memo.htm Screenshots of the YouTube video, that is now privated.] Retrieved 18 Sept '19
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