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Lifeboat

Lifeboat is a multi-screen Game & Watch video game released in 1983. Nintendo produced an estimated 500,000 units worldwide. The model number for the game was TC-58. In the game, you'll have to maneuver two…

25 October 1983

Lifeboat is an arcade developed by Nintendo, released 25 October 1983 on Game & Watch.

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What Lifeboat is

Lifeboat is an arcade game developed by Nintendo and released in 1983. It is available on Game & Watch only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Lifeboat is a multi-screen Game & Watch video game released in 1983. Nintendo produced an estimated 500,000 units worldwide. The model number for the game was TC-58. In the game, you'll have to maneuver two lifeboats and catch people who are jumping out of a ship on fire. The game was held similarly to how you would hold a book.
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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

Lifeboat launched on 25 October 1983, within three weeks of Lode Runner, Spy Hunter and Track & Field.

Released around the same time: Lode Runner, Spy Hunter, Track & Field.

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Quick answers

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When did Lifeboat come out?
Lifeboat was released on 25 October 1983 for Game & Watch.

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