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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 AM1,

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

Creative Materials

Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP

UK	1991-01	£24.9924.99^[1]
UK	1991-01	£24.9924.99^[1]
ES (Cassette)	1990
ES (Disk)	1990
UK (Cassette)	1990-12^[2]	£10.9910.99^[2]
UK (Disk)	1990-12^[2]	£14.9914.99^[2]
UK (Cassette)	1990-12^[2]	£10.9910.99^[2]
ES (Cassette)	1990
UK (Cassette)	1990-12^[2]	£10.9910.99^[2]

Line of Fire (ライン・オブ・ファイヤー), also called Bakudan Yarou (爆弾野郎) in Japan, is a Sega X Board light gun game released in 1989. In the game, you play as two escaping POWs who were captured after either disabling or seizing a "secret machine gun unit" from the enemy.

The game is presented in 3D first person, though walls will only meet at right angles. This is similar to the ray-casting graphics of later first-person shooters. It also anticipates the look of later texture-mapped 3D polygons, but with sprite manipulation rather than polygons.

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.

Magazine articles

Main article: Line of Fire/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

X Board JP flyer
Arcade AU print advert

Home computers print advert in ACE (UK) #39: "December 1990" (1990-11-xx)

Home computers print advert in Raze (UK) #2: "December 1990" (1990-10-25)
also published in:

ACE (UK) #40: "January 1991" (1990-12-xx)^[3]

Home computers print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #109: "December 1990" (1990-11-16)
also published in:

Computer & Video Games (UK) #110: "January 1991" (1990-12-15)^[4]

Home computers print advert in K (IT) #23: "Dicembre 1990" (1990-xx-xx)

Home computers print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #111: "February 1991" (1991-01-16)

Physical scans

Arcade version

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Version	Score

	N/A
Based on 0 reviews

Line of Fire

X Board, JP

Amiga version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

ACE (UK)

82

^[6]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

50

^[11]

CU Amiga (UK)

85

^[7]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

85

^[12]

The Games Machine (IT)

84

^[13]

Joystick (FR)

76

^[14]

Power Play (DE)

23

^[15]

Raze (UK)

70

^[9]

Tilt (FR)

50

^[16]

Zzap!64 (UK)

65

^[10]

	67
Based on 10 reviews

Line of Fire

Amiga, UK

Disk

Amstrad CPC version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Joystick (FR)

60

^[14]

Zzap! (IT)

38

^[17]

	49
Based on 2 reviews

Line of Fire

Amstrad CPC, UK (cassette)

Amstrad CPC, UK (disk)

Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette)

Amstrad CPC, ES (disk)

Atari ST version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

45

^[11]

ST Action (UK)

59

^[19]

ST Format (UK)

39

^[20]

	48
Based on 3 reviews

Line of Fire

Atari ST, UK

Commodore 64 version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Commodore Format (UK)

40

^[21]

Power Play (DE)

11

^[23]

Your Commodore (UK)

55

^[22]

Zzap!64 (UK)

32

^[10]

Zzap! (IT)

32

^[17]

	34
Based on 5 reviews

Line of Fire

Commodore 64, UK

ZX Spectrum version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Crash (UK)

70

^[24]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

85

^[12]

Svet Kompjutera (YU)

60

^[27]

Sinclair User (UK)

82

^[25]

Your Sinclair (UK)

72

^[26]

	74
Based on 5 reviews

Line of Fire

ZX Spectrum, UK

Cassette

ZX Spectrum, ES

ZX Spectrum, ES (Especial 8 Bits)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:ACE UK 40.pdf, page 55
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 File:CVG UK 109.pdf, page 167
↑ ACE, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 2
↑ Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 92
↑ File:CommodoreUser UK 77.pdf, page 89
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 File:ACE UK 41.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 41.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 File:CUAmiga UK 011.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CUAmiga UK 011.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^8.0 ^8.1 File:CVG UK 110.pdf, page 130
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 File:Raze UK 05.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 05.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^10.0 ^10.1 ^10.2 ^10.3 File:Zzap64 UK 071.pdf, page 69 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap64 UK 071.pdf_p69" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap64 UK 071.pdf_p69" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap64 UK 071.pdf_p69" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 59
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 74
↑ The Games Machine, "Febbraio 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 42
↑ ^14.0 ^14.1 Joystick, "Janvier 1991" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 200
↑ Power Play, "3/91" (DE; 1991-02-15), page 120
↑ Tilt, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 79
↑ ^17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 File:Zzap IT 54.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap IT 54.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap IT 54.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap IT 54.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:STAction UK 34.pdf, page 80
↑ ST Action, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 82
↑ ST Format, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-10), page 90
↑ ^21.0 ^21.1 File:CommodoreFormat UK 06.pdf, page 42 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CommodoreFormat UK 06.pdf_p42" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^22.0 ^22.1 File:YourCommodore UK 77.pdf, page 24 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:YourCommodore UK 77.pdf_p24" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 119
↑ ^24.0 ^24.1 File:Crash UK 84.pdf, page 63 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Crash UK 84.pdf_p63" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^25.0 ^25.1 File:SinclairUser UK 107.pdf, page 52 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SinclairUser UK 107.pdf_p52" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^26.0 ^26.1 File:YourSinclair UK 61.pdf, page 25 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:YourSinclair UK 61.pdf_p25" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Svet Kompjutera, "Jun 1991" (YU; 1991-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:ACE_UK_40.pdf_p55-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:ACE UK 40.pdf, page 55

[:File:CVG_UK_109.pdf_p167-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 ^2.4 ^2.5 ^2.6 ^2.7 File:CVG UK 109.pdf, page 167

[:File:ACE_UK_40.pdf_p2-3] ACE, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 2

[:File:CVG_UK_110.pdf_p92-4] Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 92

[:File:CommodoreUser_UK_77.pdf_p89-5] File:CommodoreUser UK 77.pdf, page 89

[:File:ACE_UK_41.pdf_p60-6] 6.0 ^6.1 File:ACE UK 41.pdf, page 60 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ACE UK 41.pdf_p60" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CUAmiga_UK_011.pdf_p56-7] 7.0 ^7.1 File:CUAmiga UK 011.pdf, page 56 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CUAmiga UK 011.pdf_p56" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:CVG_UK_110.pdf_p130-8] 8.0 ^8.1 File:CVG UK 110.pdf, page 130

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[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p59-11] 11.0 ^11.1 Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 59

[:File:CVG_UK_110.pdf_p74-12] 12.0 ^12.1 Computer & Video Games, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-15), page 74

[:File:TheGamesMachine_IT_028.pdf_p42-13] The Games Machine, "Febbraio 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 42

[:File:Joystick_FR_012.pdf_p200-14] 14.0 ^14.1 Joystick, "Janvier 1991" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 200

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-03.pdf_p120-15] Power Play, "3/91" (DE; 1991-02-15), page 120

[:File:Tilt_FR_087.pdf_p79-16] Tilt, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 79

[:File:Zzap_IT_54.pdf_p16-17] 17.0 ^17.1 ^17.2 ^17.3 File:Zzap IT 54.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap IT 54.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap IT 54.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Zzap IT 54.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:STAction_UK_34.pdf_p80-18] File:STAction UK 34.pdf, page 80

[:File:STAction_UK_34.pdf_p82-19] ST Action, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-xx), page 82

[20] ST Format, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-10), page 90

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[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-04.pdf_p119-23] Power Play, "4/91" (DE; 1991-03-15), page 119

[:File:Crash_UK_84.pdf_p63-24] 24.0 ^24.1 File:Crash UK 84.pdf, page 63 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Crash UK 84.pdf_p63" defined multiple times with different content

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[:File:SvetKompjutera_YU_081.pdf_p75-27] Svet Kompjutera, "Jun 1991" (YU; 1991-xx-xx), page 75

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Line of Fire

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Amiga version

Atari ST version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Arcade version

Amiga version

Amstrad CPC version

Atari ST version

Commodore 64 version

ZX Spectrum version

References