Space Firebird is a 1980 arcade game published by Gremlin Industries, Inc. It is a "slide and shoot" shooter, similar to titles such as Galaga.
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The enemies move erratically in this Galaga clone, it's hard to shoot when they're so small and all over the place, and if they wanna swoop into you it's a 50/50 whether you're gonna make it or not. Enemies can also vomit bullets super close to you. you have one out per level, called a Warp Drive, but it's no use, as it's super slow and you're not very likely to hit much of the enemies unless they were point blank as you slowly wait to get back into position to get back to the regular game.
The best thing about this game is its name, it's badass, but the game itself is sadly bad and ass. Play Radar Scope or better yet Sheriff instead for your pre-DK Nintendo Arcade experience.
The best thing about this game is its name, it's badass, but the game itself is sadly bad and ass. Play Radar Scope or better yet Sheriff instead for your pre-DK Nintendo Arcade experience.
A Nintendo Galaxian clone without much to show for it.
1980 Space Shooter with a badass name and unique theme. This is basically Galaxian, (The game Galaga is a sequel too) which was basically Space Invaders. Your ship moves from left to right with the swing of an arc, and once per life you can shift into hyperdrive for temporary invincibility. I played this at Galloping Ghost Arcade and the title and gameplay left a long impression. Something about it is just cool as fuck for an 80’s game.