Gun Fight
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| System(s): Electro-mechanical arcade | |||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega Enterprises, Ltd. | |||||||||||||
| Distributor: Banner Speciality Company[1] (US) | |||||||||||||
| Genre: Shooter[2] | |||||||||||||
| Number of players: 2 | |||||||||||||
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Gun Fight is a 1969 electro-mechanical arcade shooter game produced by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. It was a 25-cent shooting game.
Gun Fight was notably the first competitive multiplayer shooter, allowing two players to face each other in a duel. It was also the first game with a cover mechanic, allowing both players to hide behind obstacles. Gun Fight was adapted into a 1975 arcade video game of the same name, which was in turn influential on shooter video games.
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Gameplay
The game pits two "gunfighters" against each other in a Western setting. Using a pistol handle controller, players move and shoot simulated bullets. Tops of cacti can be shot off, reducing the opponent's cover. When a player is shot, they are momentarily fallen to the ground before standing up again. Shots can be carefully aimed or triggered in staccato succession and gunshot sound effects are given off. Hits are shown on individually illuminated scoreboards. The game is set to default to 30 seconds.
Specifications
Dimensions
History
Gun Fight was declared the sleeper hit of the summer by Cash Box magazine in 1970.[8]
Legacy
Gun Fight was an early multiplayer shooter game. It was a direct precedent to Taito's 1975 arcade shooter video game Western Gun, released as Gun Fight in North America, which in turn was influential on shooter video games.[9] The Gun Fight video game was an adaptation of Sega's electro-mechanical game of the same name.[10][11][12] Sega's Gun Fight was also the first game with a cover mechanic, allowing both players to hide behind obstacles such as cacti and rocks.[2]
Promotional material
Photo gallery
JP
US
US
Rear view of machine
Player's perspective
Playfield detail
Machine with top case open
Pistrol handle controller
References
- ↑ File:GunFight EM US flyer.pdf
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 https://www.sega.jp/history/arcade/product/11529
- ↑ 1977 Sega Price List, page 6
- ↑ http://thetastates.com/eremeka/1969prior.html (Wayback Machine: 2023-08-21 09:33)
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1970-11-21.pdf, page 57
- ↑ Cash Box, "August 18, 1973" (US; 1973-08-18), page 50
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1973-08-18.pdf, page 54
- ↑ File:CashBox US 1970-09-26.pdf, page 55
- ↑ Once Upon a Time on the Screen: Wild West in Computer and Video Games, Academia
- ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=Cxy_DwAAQBAJ
- ↑ File:VideoInvaders Book US.pdf, page 35
- ↑ File:VideoInvaders Book US.pdf, page 37