Astro Fighter
From Sega Retro
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| Astro Fighter | |||||||||||||||||
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| System(s): Data East Astro Fighter arcade board[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Publisher: Gremlin/Sega | |||||||||||||||||
| Developer: Data East | |||||||||||||||||
| Genre: Scrolling shooter | |||||||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||||||
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Astro Fighter is a scrolling shooter arcade game released by Data East in 1979. Though Data East distributed the game in Japan, overseas operations were handled by Gremlin/Sega (though the cabinets themselves only credit Gremlin). It was notably the first shoot 'em up with multiple distinct vertical scrolling levels and a boss battle at the end of each level. With its multi-level structure, it was one of the first games Sega marketed with the Multi-Phase concept.[5] It became a major hit in North America, where it was the fourth highest-grossing arcade video game in 1980 (below Asteroids, Galaxian and Space Invaders).[6]
Sega were not involved in the release of the 1981 sequel, Super Astro Fighter, but did develop a spiritual successor under the name Astro Blaster.
Development
Astro Fighter was Data East's first original arcade title (their previous three games were clones of other arcade machines), with the PCB reportedly being built on the same hardware as the company's Space Invaders clone, Space Fighter.[7]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Astro Fighter/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
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References
- ↑ http://www.system16.com/hardware.php?id=912 (Wayback Machine: 2024-07-17 15:51)
- ↑ Overseas Readers Column: Data East Celebrated Its 10th Anniversary, Game Machine, No. 286, Amusement Press, 1 July 1986, p. 26
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1979-12-15.pdf, page 41
- ↑ Copyright Defenders and the British Videogame Crash
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1980-05-10.pdf, page 57
- ↑ File:PlayMeter US Volume 06 No. 21.pdf, page 30
- ↑ @ARCADE_LAB on X