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1979 video game

Game data

Released
2011-07-19
User rating
0.00 / 5
Genres
Shooter, Arcade
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PS Vita, PSP
ESRB
Everyone 10+

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Game details · IGDB

Ozma Wars is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade game, and the very first game developed and published by SNK, who were still known as "Shin Nihon Kikaku" at the time. The game is also known as the second ever vertical shoot 'em up game, after Taito's Space Invaders (which ran on the same arcade hardware), but is also additionally known as the first game with disparate "levels". The game is also notable for being the first action game to feature a supply of energy, resembling a life bar, a mechanic that has now become common in the majority of modern action games. The game allowed the player to ref…

Released
1979
Genres
Shooter
Platforms
Arcade, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable
Developer
SNK
Publisher
SNK

Available in 7 languages

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