Space Cruiser
A vertical scrolling space shooter.
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HISTORY
Space Cruiser is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released only in Japan in September 1981 alongside Space Seeker. 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 August 2021.
Gameplay
The player controls a spaceship who travels throughout space and defeats aliens. Compared to Taito's earlier Space Invaders, the game introduces a number of innovations, including a variety of different levels and enemies moving in different patterns. The player starts off intercepting and destroying an unidentified flying object followed by flying aliens. Multiple similar levels are bridged with different sequences such as navigating an asteroid belt and gaining power-ups at space stations. The game ends after the spaceship destroys the planet spawning the aliens.
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