Radar Scope
NintendoArcade
- Release Date
- December 1, 1979
- Developer
- Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Genre
- Shooter
Radar Scope is an early arcade game developed by Nintendo, originally released in Japan in December 1979 and North America in November 1980. A variant on the then-popular space shooter genre pioneered by Space Invaders, the game was notable for introducing a pseudo-3D, sprite-scaling, third-person perspectiv...
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In Radar Scope, Radar Scope is an early arcade game developed by Nintendo, originally released in Japan in December 1979 and North America in November 1980. A variant on the then-popular space shooter genre pioneered by Space Invaders, the game was notable for introducing a pseudo-3D, sprite-scaling, third-person perspective to the genre, inspiring games such as Konami's Juno First and Activision's Beamrider. Radar Scope became a hit in Japan, but failed to attract significant interest outside of Japan. Shigeru Miyamoto, who had...
Release Information
- Release Date
- December 1, 1979
- Developer
- Nintendo
- Publisher
- Nintendo
- Genre
- Shooter
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