Stinger (video game)

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

Gameplay


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.