Action Fighter
Action Fighter (アクション ファイター) is an overhead vehicular combat game released by Sega in 1986. It was ported to the Master System the same year, then to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, and IBM PC compatibles.
| Action Fighter | |
|---|---|
 Japanese arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Composer(s) | Tokuhiko Uwabo |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Master System, MS-DOS |
| Release | 1986: Arcade, Master System 1988: Amiga 1989: C64, Amstrad, Spectrum December 1989: MS-DOS |
| Genre(s) | Vehicular combat |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Sega System 16 |
The player begins the game riding a superbike. In subsequent levels a sports car, a jet via added wings, jetski, helicopter and Formula One racing car can all be driven, as seen in the game's title screen. All of the vehicles are armed to deal with enemy vehicles and gun emplacements. The helicopter levels play as a vertically scrolling shooter.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Action Fighter on their October 15, 1986 issue as being the twelfth most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[1]
References
- "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 294. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 October 1986. p. 31.
External links
- Action Fighter at the Killer List of Videogames
- Action Fighter at Arcade history
- Action Fighter at Lemon Amiga
- Action Fighter at SpectrumComputing.co.uk
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