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Phoenix
Fight through waves of robotic birds to engage the mothership in this 1980 video arcade game. It was developed by the Japanese company Hiraoka, and licensed to Taito, Amstar and Centuri.
Overview
Original Phoenix Arcade Cabinet.
Originally released in December 1980, this top-down shoot 'em up was, like Galaxian and Galaga (Game), one of the first full color games of its time. Player controls a spaceship that can move left and right and the bottom of the screen that fires up. The ship is equipped with shields activated by a button, which will prevent destruction.
Phoenix was a rare game in its time in that it had 5 stages with 3 unique themes. The first two stages has the player shooting small attacking space birds, reminiscent of Galaxian. The second two stages brought approx 8 large flying eggs that, if not destroyed right away, hatch into large birds that must be shot in the center. Shooting a wing will remove the wing, which can eventually respawn. The final stage is the boss stage featuring a giant mothership that the player must chip away at it's hull eventually destroying the boss in the center of the ship.
Phoenix was quickly ported to the Atari 2600.
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- Name
- Phoenix
- Release Date
- 1980
- Platform
- Arcade (Platform)
Atari 2600 (Platform) - Developer
- Publisher
- Genre
- Shoot 'Em Up (Genre)
- Theme
- Sci-Fi (Theme)