Fighting Hawk
Is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1989 and Europe the same year. It was re-released in the Taito Memories collection.
Fighting Hawk
- Model
- Flying Shark
- Date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Taito · Hamster Corporation
- Genre
- vertically scrolling shooter
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Is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1989 and Europe the same year. It was re-released in the Taito Memories collection.
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Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2022.
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• Title — Fighting Hawk • Developer — Taito • Publisher — Taito • Platforms — Arcade • Released — March 1989 • Genre — Scrolling shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Gameplay
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The player controls a plane which travels through battlefields and destroys enemies on land or in the air, in order to destroy a larger and more advanced plane. Its ammunition can be upgraded by power-ups, which increase the amount of bullets shot; a bomb attack is also available. The game ends after defeating the boss enemy at the end of the level, or having the plane be destroyed by enemy bullets.
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Fighting Hawk is associated with Japan.
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- 1.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 45. October 13, 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 2.Reynolds, Ollie. Shmup Classic 'Fighting Hawk' Is The Next Arcade Archives Game On Switch. Nintendo Life. 2022-05-05.
- 3.シューティングゲーム「アーケードアーカイブス ファイティングホーク」がPS4/Switch向けに5月6日配信！. Gamer.
- 4.久田晴. タイトーのシューティングゲーム『ファイティングホーク』がNintendo SwitchとPS4向けに5月6日に配信開始。1988年に発売されたオーソドックスなデザインの作品. 電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？. 2022-05-05.
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