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Stratovox

Men are lined up the right side of the screen and alien ships fly out, swirl around the screen and eventually try to grab the men. This was one of the first all color graphics games and might be the first one…

3 December 1980

Stratovox is an arcade developed by Sun Electronics, released 3 December 1980 on Arcade.

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What Stratovox is

Stratovox is an arcade game developed by Sun Electronics and released in 1980. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Men are lined up the right side of the screen and alien ships fly out, swirl around the screen and eventually try to grab the men. This was one of the first all color graphics games and might be the first one that used speech. Some of the phrases are "Help Me! Help Me!", "Very Good", "We'll be back" and "Lucky!"
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Stratovox launched on 3 December 1980, within three weeks of Phoenix and Berzerk.

Released around the same time: Phoenix, Berzerk.

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When did Stratovox come out?
Stratovox was released on 3 December 1980 for Arcade.

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