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Assassin Assassin - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

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Description

The player controls a vigilante in a black SWAT team costume, a black hat and black goggles, who is trying to kill criminals invading the city. The game uses live footage of real actors in between levels which represents the game's story.

Assassin was produced by Namco in 1986.

Namco released 310 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1977. Namco was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Namco during the time period Assassin was produced include: Vs. Sky Kid, Vs. Battle City, Star Luster, Sky Kid, Motos, Genpei ToumaDen, Hopping Mappy, Namco's Classic Gaming, Return Of Ishtar, The, and Sky Kid Deluxe

Specs

Name Assassin
Developer Namco (Japan)
Year 1986
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 6933
Class Prototype
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class Namco System 1 - JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players 1
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Alternating
Control Panel Layout Single Player Ambidextrous
Controls
  • Trackball: Optical
  • Buttons: 1 - Fire
Sound Unamplified Mono (requires one-channel amp)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard

Game Introduction

You are sick of all the criminals in the city attacking the innocent. Get rid of them now!

Game Play

The player must get through seven towns in New York by killing criminals.

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Miscellaneous

This was one of few games made by American Namco game designers.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Assassin Census

There are 15,211 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,644 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,563 machines (6,981 unique titles).

Very rare - There are no known instances of this game owned by one of our active members.

Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list.

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