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Night Stocker

Night Stocker is a first-person racing/shooter arcade game, that was released by Bally and Sente in 1986; it was the second of the third batch of games to run on the company's SAC-I hardware, and as the name…

31 December 1986

Night Stocker is a shooter developed by Bally Sente Inc., released 31 December 1986 on Arcade.

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What Night Stocker is

Night Stocker is a shooter game developed by Bally Sente Inc. and released in 1986. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Night Stocker is a first-person racing/shooter arcade game, that was released by Bally and Sente in 1986; it was the second of the third batch of games to run on the company's SAC-I hardware, and as the name suggests, it's the sequel to Stocker, which was released two years earlier. The player must again use a steering wheel to take control for a car (but this one does not require a pedal, because it is always moving forwards over the surface of an alien planet), with a lightgun to make it fire shots at the various enemies, that are flying towards it - however, it only has a limited amount of ammunition, which is indicated by that text "SHOTS" in the top-right corner of the screen. To the…
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How it plays

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

What it launched against

Night Stocker launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Night Stocker come out?
Night Stocker was released on 31 December 1986 for Arcade.

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