Phoenix
In this shoot 'em up the player has to fight off four assault waves consisting of different enemy types until he reaches a huge UFO. After destroying the protective plates guarding the UFO's pilot in his…
Phoenix is an arcade developed by Tehkan, released 1 December 1980 on Arcade.
What Phoenix is
Phoenix is an arcade game developed by Tehkan and released in 1980. It was published by Amstar Electronics. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Phoenix is a 1980 fixed shooter video game developed and published for arcades. Phoenix was released in Japan by Taito and in the United States by Centuri, where it helped the company turn a profit after a loss the previous year. Atari, Inc. contracted the rights to develop a home port for the Atari 2600 and sued Imagic for their game Demon Attack, which they felt was too similar to Phoenix. The 2600 version was released in 1983.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Phoenix holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Phoenix yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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