Ikari Warriors

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Platform: Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Game: Ikari Warriors

Publisher: Elite

Year: 1988

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Ikari Warriors is a 1986 arcade game by SNK (manufactured in the United States by Tradewest). Known simply as 怒 (Ikari, literally "anger") in Japan, this game was SNK's first well-known US release and became something of a classic. This game was very innovative and spawned several similar games.

Ikari Warriors involves Ralf Jones and Clark Steel of the later King of Fighters series (known here as Paul and Vince) battling through hordes of enemies. According to designer Keiko Iju, the game was inspired by the then-popular Rambo films. Ralf and Clark also make an appearance as playable characters in the sixth Metal Slug game.

The player takes the role of a commando-like warrior, who must try to reach the village of Ikari. Enemy units attempting to kill the player include tanks, enemy soldiers and helicopters. A number of power-ups along the way help the player to achieve victory.

Ikari Warriors was the first to use rotary joysticks: those which could be rotated in addition to being pushed in eight directions. The game also featured two buttons, one for the standard gun and another for lobbing grenades. It allowed two players to play cooperatively, side by side - one of the few games to do so at the time. The game cabinet was a standard upright.

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