Stinger (arcade game)
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Stinger screenshot. The yellow object is the "Bongo" |
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Developer(s) | Seibu Denshi |
Release date(s) | 1983 |
Genre(s) | Shoot'em up |
Mode(s) | Two players alternating turns |
Platform(s) | Arcade |
Input | 8-way joystick, 2 buttons |
Arcade cabinet | Upright, Cocktail |
Arcade CPU(s) | Z80 @ 3.072 Mhz Z80 @ 1.78975 Mhz |
Arcade sound system(s) | AY-8910 @ 1.78975 Mhz AY-8910 @ 1.78975 Mhz |
Arcade display | Raster, 224x256 pixels |
Stinger is an arcade shoot'em up released by Seibu Denshi on 1983. It was the first videogame released by this company.
The game consists of traveling around a space fortress meanwhile shooting aliens and spaceships. An object called "Bongo" could be used as a defense method. This object will shoot itself to the enemies for a few seconds.
Stinger is notable for being a horizontally scrolling shooter in a vertically oriented screen.