Argus (video game)

Argus
Arcade flyer
DeveloperNMK
PublisherJaleco
ComposerShinichi Sakamoto
PlatformsArcade, Famicom
ReleaseArcade
Famicom
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Argus[a] is a 1986 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed by NMK and published by Jaleco for arcades. A port to the Famicom was released the same year. An emulated version of the original arcade game is included as part of their Arcade Archives series by Hamster Corporation for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on August 30, 2018, as the game's first release outside Japan.[3]

Gameplay

In Argus, up to two players take control of a fighter jet Wol-Arg, whose goal is to shoot airborne enemies and on ground-based enemies, collect power-ups scattered throughout the levels, and defeat every boss to advance to the next level. The controls consist of two buttons; one to shoot missiles and the other to shoot a laser at enemies and power-ups on the ground.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Argus as the 13th most successful table arcade unit of February 1986.[4]

Legacy

Argus is one of the video games that was adapted into a manga titled Susume!! Seigaku Dennou Kenkyuubu (進め！！静学電脳研究部, Shiawase no katachi), published in the Gamest Comics collection in April 1999, illustrated by Kouta Hirano.

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: アーガス, Hepburn: Āgasu

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 32. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. ↑ "All Famicom games sorted from the latest release to the earliest". Famitsu. Archived from the original on October 15, 2023.
  3. ↑ Lane, Gavin (March 13, 2020). "Guide: Every Arcade Archives Game On Nintendo Switch, Plus Our Top Picks". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on March 28, 2020. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 279. Amusement Press, Inc. March 1, 1986. p. 23.
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