Pill Box is an arcade developed by Magic Soft, released 31 December 1983 on MSX.
What Pill Box is
Pill Box is an arcade game developed by Magic Soft and released in 1983. It is available on MSX only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
It's war, and you are a gunner in a fortified gun emplacement, or pillbox. Your position at the top of the screen is slowly being over-run by soldiers, who are creeping up on you from the bottom of the screen, and taking cover behind rows of sand-bags. Once the enemy gets past the final row, they will destroy your base with a grenade, so you will need to shoot them before that happens. You control the cross-hairs of a gun, and must take aim and fire at the soldiers when they are crawling between the sandbags, which is the only time they are exposed. Occasionally, the leader of the troops briefly appears at the bottom of the screen to encourage their troops. Shooting the leader will cause…
What it launched against
Pill Box launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.
Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.
Quick answers
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When did Pill Box come out?
Pill Box was released on 31 December 1983 for MSX.
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