- Super Cobra
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title = Super Cobra
developer =Konami
publisher = Stern
designer =
release =1981
genre =Scrolling shooter
modes = Up to 2 players, alternating turns
cabinet = Upright
arcade system = 2xZilog Z80 , 2x AY-3-8910
display = Vertical orientation, Raster, 224 x 256 resolution
input = 8-wayjoystick , 2 buttons
platforms = Arcade"Super Cobra" is a
1981 horizontally-scrolling shooter ,arcade game . It was developed byKonami from the engine of the popular "Scramble" (with only a few modifications), and manufactured and distributed by Stern in the U.S..Description
The player controls a
helicopter and has to guide it across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with a forward-firing weapon and bombs.The ship has a limited fuel supply, which is depleted over time. More fuel can be acquired by destroying fuel tanks in the game.
The game is divided into ten sections, plus a finale, each with a different style of terrain and different obstacles. There is no intermission between each section; the game simply scrolls into the new terrain. In the finale the player encounters a base where the goal is to capture the treasure, and escape.
stage 1: basic screen with rockets, machine guns, and mountainsstage 2: same as stage 1 except rockets spring into smaller "pogo rockets"stage 3: flying red alien ships stage 4: flying red alien ships and mountainsstage 5: "crystals" hang from ceilings, drop on helicopterstage 6: moving machine gunsstage 7: asteroid field. One asteroid tracks helicopterstage 8. shooting alien ships. Same alien ships from Scramble.stage 9. pogo rockets spring off buildings. The whole stage is a strip of buildings.stage10. fying through the catacombs. Fuel tanks positioned in long rows.stage 11. combination of buildings, and obsticles. Pick up the booty "$".
Legacy
The game is identical in concept to its predecessor, "Scramble", but is much more difficult. The player encounters tight caverns almost immediately, and the slightest misstep will result in the loss of a life. However, unlike "Scramble" the game can be continued where the player left off by adding more credits.
The game was also made for the
Atari 2600 ,Atari 5200 ,ColecoVision ,Intellivision , Odyssey² andAtari 8-bit byParker Brothers .It was also released for theMSX in 1983.In Salamander 2, the secondary ship is named the Super Cobra; a new ship that fights alongside the Vic Viper and replaces the Lord British Space Destroyer.
External links
*moby game|id=/super-cobra
*KLOV game|id=9883
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