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Omega Fighter

Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL in 1989. While similar to most shooters, Omega Fighter was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over…

1 February 1989

Omega Fighter is an arcade developed by UPL, released 1 February 1989 on Arcade.

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What Omega Fighter is

Omega Fighter is an arcade game developed by UPL and released in 1989. It was published by Sammy USA Corporation. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Omega Fighter is a vertical scrolling shooter developed for the arcades by UPL in 1989. While similar to most shooters, Omega Fighter was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over multiple levels, the player faced up against an enormous space battle cruiser which contained every level. Taking place in the future, an enormous alien battle cruiser/space craft carrier has attacked the Earth. The Earth's only defense lies in small fighter craft wielding great firepower with the mission of dismantling the cruiser one portion at a time before it lands. Players were briefed before every mission to destroy specific parts of the enormous ship. Destroying these parts of…
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

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When did Omega Fighter come out?
Omega Fighter was released on 1 February 1989 for Arcade.

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