Armor Attack

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Armor Attack
Screenshot of Armor Attack
Screenshot of Armor Attack
Developer(s) Tim Skelly
Publisher(s) Cinematronics
Designer(s) Tim Skelly
Release date(s) 1980 (Arcade)
1982 (GCE Vectrex)
Genre(s) Shooter game
Mode(s) Single player, 2 player co-op
Platform(s) Arcade Game, GCE Vectrex
Input 10 Buttons
Arcade cabinet Horizontal
Arcade CPU(s) CCPU
Arcade sound system(s) samples
Arcade display Monochrome Raster, 224 x 256 pixels

Armor Attack is a top-down vector shoot 'em up arcade game released by Cinematronics in 1980, licensed to Sega in Japan.

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[edit] Description

The player controls a small jeep and must destroy the many tanks and helicopters that populate the war-torn cityscape that represents the game's single play area. As with many games of the time, all of the background graphics were created with the addition of a monitor bezel/plastic overlay; with the game itself only generating the monochrome jeeps, tanks, helicopters and the shots they fire.

[edit] Availability

The game usually appeared as a coin operated arcade cabinet. It was also licensed to the Vectrex console system. Currently the game is supported by three ROM types: MAME and the CINEMU Cinematronics emulator. A version written in Macromedia Flash can be found online.

[edit] Trivia

  • Tom Larkin holds the official record for this game on 'Single' settings with a maximum 2 009 000 points [1]

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