Stinger (arcade game)

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Stinger

Stinger screenshot. The yellow object is the "Bongo"
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.

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