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Fire Fighter

The objective of the game is to save a person trapped in a burning building. In order to do so you have to extinguish the fire with your fire hose. To complicate matters further the fire will spread to the…

31 December 1982

Fire Fighter is an arcade developed by Imagic, released 31 December 1982 on Atari 2600.

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What Fire Fighter is

Fire Fighter is an arcade game developed by Imagic and released in 1982. It is available on Atari 2600 only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The objective of the game is to save a person trapped in a burning building. In order to do so you have to extinguish the fire with your fire hose. To complicate matters further the fire will spread to the next floors and you only have a limited water supply. After extinguishing the fire you have to allign the ladder of your fire truck to the floor where the person is on so that he can climb to safety. In subsequnt levels the building has fewer floors resulting in a higher difficulty level.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Fire Fighter launched on 31 December 1982, within three weeks of Trashman, King Kong, Evolution and Xevious.

Released around the same time: Trashman, King Kong, Evolution, Xevious.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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Quick answers

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When did Fire Fighter come out?
Fire Fighter was released on 31 December 1982 for Atari 2600.

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