Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:
Slap Fight (c) 1986 Taito Corp.
A vertically scrolling shoot'em up.
- TECHNICAL -
Prom Stickers : A76
Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (FIRE, ACTIVATE)
- TRIVIA -
Developed by Toaplan, Slap Fight was released in July 1986 in Japan by Taito.
This game is known in US as "Alcon".
Due to no obvious cause, a white "Space Invader" sometimes flies across the screen when you are approximately 60% through the game.
- UPDATES -
The English bootleg just says 'England' instead of the copyright message before the title screen.
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Super Power-Up : Start a game, don't score any points and get killed as soon as possible. You restart with 1000 points, all power-ups & weapons.
* Extra Super Power-Up : Start a game, don't score any points and survive until you've passed the first pond/fountain, which appears on the left hand side of screen. You restart with 180,000 points, all power-ups & weapons and are advanced much further in the game.
* Helicopter : Start a game, get killed TWICE as soon as possible. You restart with a helicopter sitting on the first left hand side ledge which you can shoot for 170 points.
- STAFF -
Sound composer : Masahiro Yuge
- PORTS -
* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (june.11, 1993) "Slap Fight MD [Model T-48093]"
* COMPUTERS:
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1987)
[EU] Commodore C64 (1987) by Imagine Studios
[EU] Amstrad CPC (1987) by Imagine
Thomson TO8 (1987)
Atari ST
Thomson M05
Amstrad CPC (1988) "Les Défis de Taito"
Amstrad CPC (1988) "Taito Coin-Op Hits"
- CONTRIBUTE -
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