UFO À La Carte

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UFO À La Carte
System(s): EX Board
Publisher: Sega
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Number of players: 1-2
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UFO À La Carte (UFOあらかると) is a two-player UFO Catcher game created by Sega in 1996, and the first in the UFO À La Carte series. Unlike traditional UFO Catchers with a claw that drops down to pick up prizes from the bottom of the cabinet, the prizes in UFO À La Carte are displayed on vertical shelves or hung on rows of pegs, allowing them to be pulled out by a horizontally-extending UFO arm mounted on a post in the front of the cabinet. Like typical UFO Catcher games, two single-use buttons are used to control the arm: one for horizontal movement and one for vertical movement.

The unique gameplay style and ability to dispense virtually any kind of merchandise (plush, keychains, figures, etc.) led UFO À La Carte to become very popular in Japanese arcades. It spawned several successors: UFO À La Carte 2 and UFO À La Carte DX.




Games in the UFO Catcher Series
UFO Catcher (1985) | UFO Catcher DX (1987) | UFO Catcher DX II (1990) | New UFO Catcher (1991) | UFO Catcher Excellent (1994) | UFO Catcher 21 (1996) | UFO Catcher 7 (Max Edition | Second) (2001) | UFO Catcher 8 (Second) (2008) | UFO Catcher 9 (Second | Third) (2016) | UFO Catcher 10 (2023)
UFO Catcher Mini (1991) | UFO Catcher 800 (1998) | Baby UFO (1998) | (2004) | Sega UFO Catcher (2006) | UFO Colon (2007) | UFO Catcher Double (2009) | UFO Balance Catcher (2010) | UFO Catcher Triple (Twin | Second) (2017) | UFO Catcher Duet (2018)
Dream Catcher Games
Dream Catcher (1989) | Dream Catcher Re-dress (1999) | UFO Dream Catcher (2008)
Dream Palace Games
Dream Palace (1992) | Dream Palace II (199x) | Dream Palace 3 (unreleased)
UFO Á La Carte Games
UFO À La Carte (1996) | UFO À La Carte II (2002) | UFO À La Carte DX (2009) | UFO À La Carte 3 (2023)
Capto Crane Games
Capto Crane (2019) | Capto Crane MIDI (2023) | Capto Candy (2023)
Others
Dream Town (1990) | UFO Circus Land (1992) | UFO SegaSonic (1992) | School Kids (1993) | Dream Kitchen (1994) | Aqua Paradise (1995) | UFO Pusher (1995) | UFO Pusher Twin (1995) | Funky Dice (1996) | Prize Sensor (1998) | Paradise Carry (1996) | Super Guru Guru Station (2000) | UFO Prize Stage (2000) | Dream Throne (2002) | UFO Dream Town JP (2004)
Space Crane (1986) | Super Chance (1987) | Diga Mart (1984)
Spin-offs
CR UFO Catcher (1998) | UFO Catcher Ride (2001)