Ajax
In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to…
Ajax is an arcade developed by Konami, released 10 December 1987 on Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX and DOS.
What Ajax is
Ajax is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1987. It was published by Imagine Software. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Sharp X68000 and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In this arcade shoot'em up your mission is to infiltrate the alien fortress during 6 levels, and to destroy the fortress and the alien. Sitting in Ajax H.Q., you must pilot the remote controlled drone ship to do this. The drone represents jet fighter (behind view) and helicopter gunship (top-down view). It may be moved on the screen, fire air-to-air and air-to-ground guns and pow bomb. Limitless hordes of mechanoid invaders, whose sole intent is the total domination of the Earth, will try to stop you. Exit from each level is guarded by the powerful boss, who you should eliminate.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Ajax launched on 10 December 1987, within three weeks of Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels and Wizball.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels, Wizball.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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