- gameplay_feature
- Flippers ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Ball Kickers
- gameplay_feature
- Spinning Targets
- gameplay_feature
- Standup Targets ×4
- gameplay_feature
- Star Rollovers ×10
- gameplay_feature
- Slingshots ×2
- gameplay_feature
- Pop Bumpers ×3
- ipdb.corporate_entity_name
- Universal Company, Ltd.
- ipdb_id
- 4394
- ipdb.image_urls
- ["https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-1.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-2.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-3.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-4.jpg","https://www.ipdb.org/images/4394/image-5.jpg"]
- ipdb.manufacturer_trade_name
- Universal Kabushikigaisha
- ipdb.notable_features
- 3 balls per play. Flippers (2), Pop bumpers (3), Slingshots (2), Star rollovers (10), Standup targets (4), Spinning target (1), Ball kicker (1), Upper right free ball return lane.
The game looks electro-mechanical from the outside but, according to the Japanese flyer, it uses a CPU circuit board and has electrical sound. The backbox has score reels. The "ones" reel looks like a dummy zero.
- ipdb.notes
- The manufacturer's flyer included in this listing indicates a Showa Era date of "S.53.6.2" which is June 2, 1978 but we don't know the specific meaning of that date on a flyer.
The arcade industry newspaper Game Machine dated Jul-15-1978 page 15 announced 'Hercules'. The article also said that Universal Kabushikigaisha's 1977 'Hard Rock' was already released.
- month
- 7
- player_count
- 2
- technology_generation
- solid-state
- theme
- Myth And Legend
- theme
- Fantasy
- year
- 1978