Action Fighter
{{Short description|1986 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Action Fighter
|image = Action Fighter.jpg
|caption = Japanese arcade flyer
|developer = Sega
|publisher = Sega
|designer =
|programmer =
|artist =
|composer = Tokuhiko Uwabo
|engine =
|platforms = Arcade, Master System, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MS-DOS
|released = September 1986: Arcade{{cite web |title=Action Fighter |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M728335 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=Agency for Cultural Affairs |language=ja |access-date=10 August 2021}}
1986: Master System
1989: Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST, C64, Spectrum
December 1989: MS-DOS
|genre = Vehicular combat
|modes = Single-player, multiplayer
|arcade system = Sega System 16
}}
{{nihongo|Action Fighter|アクション ファイター}} is an overhead vehicular combat game released by Sega for arcades in 1986. It was ported to the Master System the same year, and then to the Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum and IBM PC compatible computers.
The player begins the game riding a superbike. In subsequent levels a sports car, a jet via added wings, jetski, helicopter and Formula One racing car can all be driven, as seen in the game's title screen. All of the vehicles are armed to deal with enemy vehicles and gun emplacements. The helicopter levels play as a vertically scrolling shooter.
Gameplay
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Development
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Release
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In 2022, the original arcade version was included as part of the Sega Astro City Mini V, a vertically-oriented variant of the Sega Astro City mini console.{{cite web|last=McFerran|first=Damien|url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2021/12/segas-astro-city-mini-is-getting-a-tate-version-packed-with-shmup-goodness|title=Sega's Astro City Mini Is Getting A 'TATE' Version Packed With Shmup Goodness|work=Nintendo Life|publisher=Nlife Media|date=December 17, 2021|access-date=2021-12-17}}
Reception
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In Japan, Game Machine listed Action Fighter on their October 15, 1986 issue as being the twelfth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=294|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=15 October 1986|page=31|lang=ja}}
Computer and Video Games magazine reviewed the Sega Master System version in 1989, giving it an 89% score.{{cite journal |title=Complete Games Guide |journal=Computer and Video Games |date=16 October 1989 |issue=Complete Guide to Consoles |pages=46–77 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/98/CompleteGuideToConsoles_UK_01.pdf#page=46}}
References
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External links
- {{KLOV game|id=6810}}
- [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=action-fighter&page=detail&id=34 Action Fighter] at Arcade history
- {{Lemon Amiga game|id=28}}
- {{WoS_game|id=0000074}}
- {{atarimania|id=22857}}
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Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games
Category:Vehicular combat games
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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