Great side scrolling shooter

User Rating: 9.4 | Vanguard 2600
By dungeonboss | Review Date:
This game is one of the first sidescrolling shooter's I've ever played. And at the time it rocked. THis was the first game I had seen that feathred a map that displayed each time you cleared a stage. Some parts of the games are side scrolling, other parts are vertical scrolling. The vertical scrolling screens are a little challenging, only because of the way the stages are built.

Gameplay- Awesome. For the Atari 2600, it doesn't get any better than this. I would have to say this is up to par with some NES games.

Graphics- Really nice graphics for Atari. The side scrolling levels give you a sense of being in a cavern. Great job SNK!

Sound- One of the only games on Atari with decent in level music!

Value- When I got my NES, this was one of the only games on Atari that I still pulled out to play.

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