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Tac/Scan

System(s): Sega G80, Atari 2600

Publisher: Sega

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

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Tac/Scan is an arcade game developed by Sega Electronics in 1982. It runs on the vector version of the Sega G80 hardware. Tac/Scan is a shoot-'em up; however, unlike traditional shooters, the player pilots up to a maximum of seven space ships at once. Ships can be taken out by enemy fire, but may be re-obtained later on and activated when the player sees fit.

As the game is powered by vector-based hardware, the game is able to switch views seamlessly. A third of the game has a traditional top-down shoot-'em-up setting, another third uses a third-person perspective and the last third has the player navigate through a series of hoops.

Tac/Scan was brought to the Atari 2600 in 1983, also by Sega Electronics. This port suffers considerably and removes the third-person segments. Tac/Scan has recently been included as part of Sega Mega Drive Collection on the PlayStation 2.

Sega Electronics also developed versions for Atari 8-bit computers and the Commodore VIC-20, but they were not released. A prototype of the VIC-20 has since surfaced on the internet, however.

Gallery

Upright cabinet

Promotional Material

G80 US flyer

Physical Scans

Sega G80 Version

G80, US

Manual Preliminary Manual

Atari 2600 Version

Atari 2600, US
Cover
Cart Poster

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-'''''Tac/Scan''''' is a arcade game developed by [[Sega Electronics]] in 1982. It runs on the vector version of Sega's [[Sega G80]] hardware. ''Tac/Scan'' is a shoot-'em up, however unlike traditional shooters, the player pilots up to a maximum of seven space ships at once. Ships can be taken out by enemy fire, but may be re-obtained later on and activated when the player sees fit.
+'''''Tac/Scan''''' is an [[arcade]] game developed by [[Sega Electronics]] in 1982. It runs on the vector version of the [[Sega G80]] hardware. ''Tac/Scan'' is a shoot-'em up; however, unlike traditional shooters, the player pilots up to a maximum of seven space ships at once. Ships can be taken out by enemy fire, but may be re-obtained later on and activated when the player sees fit.
 As the game is powered by vector-based hardware, the game is able to switch views seamlessly. A third of the game has a traditional top-down shoot-'em-up setting, another third uses a third-person perspective and the last third has the player navigate through a series of hoops.