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Scramble

The player controls an aircraft, referred to in the game as a "Jet," and has to guide it across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with a forward-firing weapon and bombs…

60 1 February 1981

Scramble is an arcade developed by Konami, released 1 February 1981 on Xbox 360, Vectrex and Arcade.

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What Scramble is

Scramble is an arcade game developed by Konami and released in 1981. It was published by GCE. It is available on Xbox 360, Vectrex and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player controls an aircraft, referred to in the game as a "Jet," and has to guide it across a scrolling terrain, battling obstacles along the way. The ship is armed with a forward-firing weapon and bombs; each weapon has its own button. The player must avoid colliding with the terrain and other enemies, while simultaneously maintaining its limited fuel supply which diminishes over time. More fuel can be acquired by destroying fuel tanks in the game. The game is divided into six sections, each with a different style of terrain and different obstacles. There is no intermission between each section; the game simply scrolls into the new terrain. Points are awarded based upon the number 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.

How it was received

Scramble holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 17% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70.

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When did Scramble come out?
Scramble was released on 1 February 1981 for Xbox 360, Vectrex and Arcade.

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