Stinger (video game)

Stinger
Stinger
Developer(s)	Seibu Denshi
Publisher(s)	JP: Sigma Enterprises[1]; NA: Venture Line[2];
Platform(s)	Arcade
Release	September 1983[3]
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	1-2 players alternating

Stinger is a side-scrolling shooter game released by Seibu Denshi for arcades in 1983.[1] It was the first game released by this company. Despite the horizontal scrolling, the game has a vertically oriented screen.

Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

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.[4]

References

"Overseas Readers Column - Sigma Exclusively Distributes Seibu's "Stinger"" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 222. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 October 1983. p. 36.
Lewin, Gene (January 15, 1984). "Gene's Judgements: Critiquing AMOA Show Conversions, Dedicated Games". Play Meter. Vol. 10, no. 2. pp. 60–3.
"Stinger". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
"Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型新製品 (New Videos-Table Type)" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 223. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 November 1983. p. 33.

External links

Stinger at the Killer List of Videogames
Stinger at coinop.org
Walkthrough and strategy guide at GameFAQs

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[GM222-1] "Overseas Readers Column - Sigma Exclusively Distributes Seibu's "Stinger"" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 222. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 October 1983. p. 36.

[PM-2] Lewin, Gene (January 15, 1984). "Gene's Judgements: Critiquing AMOA Show Conversions, Dedicated Games". Play Meter. Vol. 10, no. 2. pp. 60–3.

[3] "Stinger". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved 30 August 2021.

[4] "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型新製品 (New Videos-Table Type)" (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 223. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 November 1983. p. 33.