Phoenix (arcade game)

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Phoenix
Studio Amstar
Publisher Centuri, Taito
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 December 1980
genre Shoot 'em up
Game mode up to 2 players in turns
control 4 buttons
casing Standard and Cocktail
Arcade system Main CPU : Intel 8085 (@ 5.5 MHz)
Sound CPU: TMS36xx
Sound chips: Discrete logic, own components
monitor Raster resolution 208 × 248 (3: 4 vertical) Color palette: 256

Phoenix is a shoot-'em-up - arcade game of the US company Amstar Electronics of Phoenix , Arizona , the first time the company Centuri (American US for the market) the game in 1980 and Taito Japanese (for the Market) licensed.

description

Like many arcade games from that era, Phoenix is ​​a top-down space shooter. The player controls a spaceship horizontally at the bottom of the screen and can fire shots upwards. The opponents come from the top of the playing field and move down, also shooting. In addition, the spaceship has a protective shield.

It is not controlled via a joystick, but only with four buttons (left, right, fire, shield).

Phoenix was one of the first arcade games (besides Galaxian ) to be displayed in full color.

music

The game has two different melodies:

hardware

A model of the Phoenix arcade machine made in 1980

Most Phoenix games were shipped in a standard Centuri cabinet. But there were a number of variations, as the game was also sold under license by a number of other providers.

  • CPU 8085A @ 5.5 MHz
  • Audio TMS36XX @ 0.000372 MHz
  • Audio Discrete @ 0.12 MHz

Ports

Atari later bought the game console rights to the game Phoenix. The Imagic game Demon Attack was so similar to Phoenix that Atari sued Imagic for it and an out-of-court settlement was reached. Taito currently has the worldwide rights to the game - and in 2005 Phoenix was sold on Xbox , PlayStation 2 , PSP and PC as part of the Taito Legends in the US and Europe. In Japan, the company is releasing the game in the Taito Memories II Gekan package.

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