Stinger
Stinger is a shoot-em-up developed by Konami. It is the North American version of the sequel to Twinbee.
SCREENSHOTS
PHYSICAL
HISTORY
Stinger is a 1983 horizontally scrolling shooter video game released by Seibu Denshi for arcades, and it is the first game the company (renamed to Seibu Kaihatsu) released prior to producing the Raiden series. Despite the horizontal scrolling, the game has a vertically oriented screen. On July 24, 2025, the game was ported to the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of the Arcade Archives series, courtesy of Hamster Corporation.
Gameplay
The game consists of traveling around a space fortress meanwhile shooting aliens and spaceships. An object called "Bongo" could be used as a defense method. This object will shoot itself to the enemies for a few seconds.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Stinger on their November 1, 1983 issue as being the sixth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.
1CC RUNS
One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.
SCORES
ACHIEVEMENTS 1 set
Tracked by RetroAchievements and earned in an emulator that reports to it. A game tracked on more than one machine gets a set for each, because they are different lists earned on different hardware.