The player flies over a vertically scrolling landscape firing a main gun and dropping bombs to destroy enemies. Blowing up enemies liberates people to be rescued. Multiple, sequential levels are provided, each terminating in a "boss" that must be defeated before progressing to the next.
Fighter & Attacker was produced by Namco in 1992.
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 Fighter & Attacker was produced include: Starblade, Final Lap 2, Solvalou, Cosmo Gang The Video, Golly! Ghost!, Exvania, Exbania, Bakuretsu Quiz Ma-Q Dai Bouken, Bubble Trouble: Golly! Ghost! 2, and Cosmo Gang The Puzzle
Name | Fighter & Attacker |
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Developer | Namco (Japan) |
Year | 1992 |
Type | Videogame |
KLOV/MOG # | 7776 |
Class | Wide Release |
Genre | Shooting Vehicle |
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Conversion Class | JAMMA |
# Simultaneous Players | 2 |
# Maximum Players | 2 |
Game Play | Joint |
Control Panel Layout | Multiple Player |
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Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
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Players pick from sixteen different fighter jets, each of which has its own shooting pattern and special 'bomb' attack. Different shooting patterns include rapid-fire, spread, and more. Each plane is from a different "country," i.e. the USA, Japan, England, etc. The selection of jets is not unlike that of Aero Fighters, a very similar game.
The game plays more or less like any other vertically-scrolling shoot-em-up; simply shoot everything in your way, and try not to die. However, this is a particularily good example of the genre, probably due to the fact that it is by Namco.
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The game is housed in a standard upright cabinet. The marquee shows a black jet flying through the blue sky. The control panel is similar with two black jets flying outward at a 45 degree angle from the center. Cutouts for two speakers are provided but only one speaker is installed.
COPY OF: F/A
There are 15,364 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,708 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,365 machines (7,023 unique titles).
Uncommon - There are 15 known instances of this machine owned by Fighter & Attacker collectors who are active members. Of these, 15 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.
Wanted - No active members have added this machine to their wish list. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Fighter & Attacker circuit board set.
This game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.
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The JAMMA PCB is 68K based and appears to contain four (4) custom ASICs and a number of PALs. The program memory is contained on a daughter board which is affixed to the top of the motherboard via a 64 pin connector. The sound chip appears to be made be Sanyo.
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