- Armor Attack
Infobox VG
title = Armor Attack
caption=Screenshot of Armor Attack
developer =Tim Skelly
publisher =Cinematronics
designer = Tim Skelly
release = 1980 (Arcade)
1982 (GCE Vectrex )
platforms=Arcade Game ,GCE Vectrex
genre =Shooter game
modes =Single player , 2 player co-op
cpu=CCPU
sound=samples
cabinet=Horizontal
display=Monochrome Vector
input = 10 ButtonsArmor Attack is a top-down vector
shoot 'em up arcade game released byCinematronics in 1980, licensed toSega inJapan .Description
The player controls a small jeep and must destroy the many tanks and helicopters that populate the war-torn cityscape that represents the game's single play area. As with many vector games of the time, all of the background graphics were created with the addition of a monitor bezel/plastic overlay; with the game itself only generating the
monochrome jeeps, tanks, helicopters and the shots they fire.Availability
The game was originally released as a coin-operated
arcade cabinet . It was also licensed for conversion to theVectrex video game console system.Trivia
*Noah Gordon holds the official record for this game on 'Single' settings with a maximum 2,009,000 points [http://www.twingalaxies.com/index.aspx?c=22&pi=2&gi=1086&vi=641]
External links
*KLOV game|id=6925
* [http://www.classicgaming.com/vectrex/armor/armor.htm Strategy guide] from theVectrex port of the game
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