Difference between revisions of "Line of Fire"

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Line of Fire

System(s): Sega X Board, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum

Publisher: Sega

U.S. Gold

Developer: Sega

Creative Materials, Uncle Art (music), Tiertex (protection)

Creative Materials

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

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Line of Fire, called Bakudan Yarou (爆弾野郎) in Japan, is a Sega X Board light gun game released in 1989.

The game was ported to several home computers in Europe by U.S. Gold, but never to a Sega home console. A retooled version with vastly different gameplay was released for the Sega Master System.

Production Credits

Amiga version

The production credits are found in a rant located in the file s/startup-sequence, which explains that Sega would not allow them to put their names in the game.

Programming: Richard Aplin
Music: Uncle Art
Graphics:
- extracting bitmaps from the original arcade game's video output: Andy Heike, Nick Vincent
- extracting sprites from the original arcade game ROM: Richard Aplin
- color reduction for the Amiga: Andy Heike, Nick Vincent, "and some students in Manchester"
PCM sample extraction: Richard Aplin
Copy protection: Tiertex
Management: Steve Fitton (US Gold), Tony Porter (US Gold)

Atari ST version

The rant mentioned above notes that Richard Aplin is also the programmer for that version, but unlike most Sega Amiga ports, this version was developed later.

Physical Scans

Arcade Version

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Amiga Version

Amiga, EU

Amstrad CPC Version

Amstrad CPC, EU (Cassette)

Amstrad CPC, EU (Disk)

Amstrad CPC, ES (Cassette) (Erbe)

Amstrad CPC, ES (Disk) (Erbe)

Atari ST Version

Atari ST, EU

Commodore 64 Version

Commodore 64, EU

ZX Spectrum Version

ZX Spectrum, EU

ZX Spectrum, ES (Erbe)

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-{{sub-stub}}'''''Line of Fire''''' is a [[Sega X Board]] light gun game released in 1989.
+{{sub-stub}}'''''Line of Fire''''', called '''''Bakudan Yarou''''' (爆弾野郎) in Japan, is a [[Sega X Board]] light gun game released in 1989.
 The game was ported to several home computers in Europe by [[U.S. Gold]], but never to a [[Sega]] home console. A [[Line of Fire (Master System)|retooled version with vastly different gameplay]] was released for the [[Sega Master System]].