Ark Area
Ark Area is a scrolling futuristic shoot 'em up arcade game released by UPL in 1987 in Japan only. You control a spacecraft and shoot enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance up to 23 levels…
Ark Area is an arcade developed by UPL, released 1 December 1987 on Arcade.
What Ark Area is
Ark Area is an arcade game developed by UPL and released in 1987. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Ark Area is a scrolling futuristic shoot 'em up arcade game released by UPL in 1987 in Japan only. You control a spacecraft and shoot enemies, collect power-ups, and defeat bosses to advance up to 23 levels. It is the sequel to the video arcade game Nova 2001.
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
Ark Area launched on 1 December 1987, within three weeks of Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl and Shinobi.
Released around the same time: Final Fantasy, Tecmo Bowl, Shinobi.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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