Action Fighter
Action Fighter is a 1986 vehicular combat game developed and published by Sega for the Master System. 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.
Action Fighter
- Date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Firebird Software
- Language
- English
- Genre
- action game · vehicular combat game
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The object
The object
All of the vehicles are armed to deal with enemy vehicles and gun emplacements. The helicopter levels play as a vertically scrolling shooter.
Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Action Fighter • Developer — Sega R&D2 • Publisher — Sega • Composer — Tokuhiko Uwabo • Platforms — Master System, arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS • Released — Master System ArcadeSeptember 1986 Amiga, Atari ST, C64 CPC, ZX SpectrumAugust 1989 MS-DOSDecember 1989 • Genre — Vehicular combat • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Sega System 16
Release
Release
In 2022, the arcade version was included as part of the Sega Astro City Mini V, a vertically oriented variant of the Sega Astro City mini console.
Identity
Identity
Action Fighter is associated with Japan. Recorded as published in 1986.
Documentary record
Action Fighter is a work recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (dated September 1986). The date recorded for Action Fighter is September 1986.
History of the object
Dated record
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1986
Action Fighter published.
1986
Action Fighter is recorded as published in 1986.
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- Japan
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Action Fighter as the 12th most successful table arcade unit of October 1986. Computer and Video Games magazine reviewed the Master System version in 1989, giving it an 89% score.
Literature
Scholarly footprint
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Licensing
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Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Sega Corporation. Software List. Sega Hardware Encyclopedia.
- 2.Availability Update. Computer Entertainer. 5. 9. 14. December 1986.
- 3.Mastertronic. Mega Cartridges. Mastertronic - The Sega Master System Game Catalog 1987 - A - United Kingdom Catalogue.
- 4.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005). Amusement News Agency. 36. October 13, 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 5.Agency for Cultural Affairs. Action Fighter. Media Arts Database.
- 6.Availability Update. Computer Entertainer. 8. 2. 14. May 1989.
- 7.EMAP. Preview: Action Fighter. Computer and Video Games. 93. 108. August 1989.
- 8.Availability Update. Computer Entertainer. 8. 10. 22. January 1990.
- 9.McFerran, Damien. Sega's Astro City Mini Is Getting A 'TATE' Version Packed With Shmup Goodness. Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. December 17, 2021.
- 10.Amusement Press, Inc. Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos). Game Machine. 294. 31. 15 October 1986.
- 11.Complete Games Guide. Computer and Video Games. Complete Guide to Consoles. 46–77. 16 October 1989.
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