Pursuit (video game)
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| Developer(s) | Kee Games |
| Distributor(s) | Atari Inc. |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date(s) | North America January 31st, 1975 |
| Genre(s) | Flight simulator, military, shooter |
| Cabinet | unique |
| CPU | None (Discrete circuitry) |
| Sound | Amplified Mono (one channel) |
| Display | Horizontal orientation, raster (black and white), Standard Resolution. |
Pursuit is a single-player arcade game by Kee Games, originally released in 1975. The player plays a World War I flying ace who tries to shoot down enemy planes. Gameplay relies on a first person perspective representation. Pursuit also marks the first time Atari Inc. publicly acknowledged its relationship with Kee.[1]
Technology
The game is housed in a custom wide cabinet modeled to look like a World War I biplane cockpit. It includes a similarly modeled flight stick with top-mounted fire button. The game's PCB is composed of discrete technology and includes Atari/Kee's Durastress technology.[1] One overlay provides the onscreen crosshair.[2]
Gameplay
The player uses a flight stick to steer the plane up, down, right, and left to get the enemy in his or her sights. The top-mounted fire button is then used to shoot the enemy plane and gain points.
Legacy
- Atari released Red Baron in 1980, a similarly themed and styled game that used a vector graphics display format.
References
- 1 2 "Atari: The Lost Years of the Coin-Op, 1971 – 1975, Part IV". Retrieved 2007-12-27.
- ↑ Pursuit at the Killer List of Videogames