Swimmer
Is a 1982 action video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades. It was released in Japan in July 1982 and North America by Centuri in November 1982.
Swimmer
- Date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Centuri
- Genre
- action game
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Key facts
Key facts
• Title — Swimmer • Developer — Tehkan • Platforms — Arcade • Genre — Action • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer
Gameplay
Gameplay
• Illustration — The swimmer, right of center, surrounded by logs. The cherries on the left give points when collected. The player swims through a vertically scrolling level while collecting floating fruit for points and power-ups to knock enemies out. In an inversion of the gameplay of Konami's Frogger, players can swim from side to side to avoid obstacles, or they can press a button to dive under them. The goal is to swim until the character reaches the treasure island.
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Swimmer is associated with Japan.
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Legacy
In 2005, Swimmer was re-released for the Xbox as part of the Tecmo Classic Arcade collection. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in March 2021.
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The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Swimmer (video game), revision 1337242218 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
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- 1.Amusement Press, Inc. Overseas Readers Column - Tehkan Licenses "Swimmer" To Century of U.S.A. Game Machine. 196. 30. 15 September 1982.
- 2.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 49, 113. October 13, 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 3.Lane, Gavin. Nintendo Download: 1st April (North America). Nintendo Life. 2021-04-01.
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