Navarone (video game)
| Navarone | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Namco |
| Publisher | Namco |
| Designers | Shigeru Yokoyama Shigeichi Ishimura |
| Programmer | Shuichi Nakatome |
| Platform | Arcade |
| Release |
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| Genre | Fixed shooter |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Arcade system | Namco Warp & Warp |
Navarone[a] is a 1980 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. Released only in Japan in February 1980,[1] it is one of Namco's last monochromatic video games.[2] Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in March 2023.[3]
Gameplay
The player controls a boat which must move around the edge of an island trying to shoot the pellets, mines and central skull for points while avoiding the bullets fired at it by the indestructible gun turrets.[4] Should it get hit by one, it will lose a life, but once it has cleared the island, the remaining time will be added to its score (in 100-point increments), and it will proceed to the next round.[5]
Notes
References
- ↑ 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. 31. ISBN 978-4990251215.
- ↑ Szczepaniak, John (August 11, 2014). The Untold History of Japanese Game Developers (First ed.). p. 201. ISBN 978-0992926007. Retrieved August 12, 2019.
- ↑ Hagues, Alana (April 6, 2023). "Nintendo Download: 6th April (North America)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
- ↑ "【アケアカ】Switch/PS4『ナバロン』が3月30日配信。戦艦を操作して半島に散らばる敵ターゲットの爆破を目指すシューティングゲーム | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). March 29, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2026.
- ↑ Moyse, Chris (April 1, 2023). "Namco's 1980 shooter Navarone joins the Arcade Archives". Destructoid. Retrieved May 22, 2026.