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'''''Gun Fight''''' is an [[arcade game]] that was released by [[Midway Games]] in 1975. The theme of the game involved two [[Old West]] [[cowboy]]s squaring off in a duel. Each is armed with a revolver and whoever draws fastest and shoots the other cowboy wins the duel. Unlike a real-life duel, however, both cowboys always get numerous opportunities to duel in order to score points (one point per successful draw). |
'''''Gun Fight''''' is an [[arcade game]] that was released by [[Midway Games]] in 1975, based on the [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] game '''''Western Gun''''', designed by [[Tomohiro Nishikado]] and released earlier that year.<ref name=Kotaku>Stephen Totilo, [http://kotaku.com/5626466/in-search-of-the-first-video-game-gun In Search Of The First Video Game Gun], [[Kotaku]]</ref><ref>Chris Kohler (2005), ''Power-up: how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life'', p. 19, [[BradyGames]], ISBN0744004241</ref> The theme of the game involved two [[Old West]] [[cowboy]]s squaring off in a duel. Each is armed with a revolver and whoever draws fastest and shoots the other cowboy wins the duel. Unlike a real-life duel, however, both cowboys always get numerous opportunities to duel in order to score points (one point per successful draw). |
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Gun Fight was originally designed by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] as a TTL designed game under the name of |
''Gun Fight'' was originally designed by [[Taito Corporation|Taito]] as a TTL designed game under the name of ''Western Gun''. It was later converted to use the Intel 8080 microprocessor by [[Dave Nutting]]. It was the first [[Japan]]ese arcade video game exported to [[North America]] that became a mainstream success there. |
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Revision as of 06:24, 28 January 2011
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| Developer(s) | Taito (Western Gun) Midway (Gun Fight) |
| Publisher(s) | Taito (Japan) Midway (United States) |
| Designer(s) | Tomohiro Nishikado |
| Programmer(s) | Tomohiro Nishikado (JP) Dave Nutting (US) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | 1975 |
| Genre(s) | Multi-directional shooter |
| Mode(s) | 2-player |
Gun Fight is an arcade game that was released by Midway Games in 1975, based on the Taito game Western Gun, designed by Tomohiro Nishikado and released earlier that year.[1][2] The theme of the game involved two Old West cowboys squaring off in a duel. Each is armed with a revolver and whoever draws fastest and shoots the other cowboy wins the duel. Unlike a real-life duel, however, both cowboys always get numerous opportunities to duel in order to score points (one point per successful draw).
Technical
Gun Fight is notable for being the first coin-operated arcade game to use microprocessors instead of purely discrete TTL circuits in its electronics. Gun Fight used an Intel 8080 CPU, which allowed the game to have more continuous, solid graphics. The game had two distinct controls: one for moving the computerized cowboy around on the screen and another for aiming the player's gun. Unlike most other arcade games, Gun Fight has the main joystick on the right instead of the left. The game uses a black-and-white raster monitor and a yellow screen overlay.
History
Gun Fight was originally designed by Taito as a TTL designed game under the name of Western Gun. It was later converted to use the Intel 8080 microprocessor by Dave Nutting. It was the first Japanese arcade video game exported to North America that became a mainstream success there.
Series
- Gun Fight (1975)
- Boot Hill (1977)
Ports
In 1983 Epyx ported Gun Fight and another Midway game, Sea Wolf II, to the Atari 8-bit family, and released them in an "Arcade Classics" compilation.[3]
References
In 1978 movie Dawn of the dead;Peter and FlyBoy enjoying this game.Peter loses as the allusion of Flyboy is bad shooter in real life.
- ^ Stephen Totilo, In Search Of The First Video Game Gun, Kotaku
- ^ Chris Kohler (2005), Power-up: how Japanese video games gave the world an extra life, p. 19, BradyGames, ISBN0744004241
- ^ "Atarimania - Arcade Classics: Sea Wolf II / Gun Fight". Retrieved 2007-10-21.