Turning is done by moving only one joystick forward.

Similar to Battlezone (1980), the game features a twin-stick control scheme, where pushing the joysticks forward will cause the tank to move forward and pushing them backwards will make it reverse direction. Some projectiles can be negated with shots fired from the self-propelled gun, other shots cannot and thus must be avoided. Gameplay Arcade version screenshotĬontrolling a caterpillar-tread self-propelled gun, the player is tasked with completing each of the game's eleven stages by destroying enemies and avoiding enemy projectiles.

4 for the PlayStation in 1997, and was later released for the Japanese Wii Virtual Console in 2009. Assault is included in the compilation Namco Museum Vol. Upon release, Assault was met with favorable reviews, with critics applauding the game's graphics, controls and usage of sprite-scaling.Ī Japan-only follow-up, Assault Plus, was released the same year and is an updated version of the original. Music was composed by Shinji Hosoe while designs for the player's tank and enemies were designed by Gundam artist Kunio Ogawara. The protagonist who rides the aforementioned self-propelled gun which players control, is one such native.Īssault was one of the first games to use the Namco System 2 arcade hardware, capable of sprite scaling and rotation. The plot involves the human race searching for new planets after Earth reaches its maximum population - after discovering an exo-planet 35,000 light years away from the Milky Way, they enslave the planet's natives and take control, leading to the planet's native population vowing to abolish the humans and bring peace to their world. It uses a twin-stick control layout, similar to games such as Battlezone. Controlling a caterpillar-tread self-propelled gun, the player is tasked with completing each of the game's eleven stages while shooting enemies and avoiding projectiles. It was licensed to Atari Games for release in North America. Single-player, multiplayer (alternating turns)Īssault is a 1988 multi-directional shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco.

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