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Vanguard

Vanguard is a shoot 'em up game which leads the player through five different zones to the City of Mystery where the creature Gond awaits him which he has to kill. The five zones run horizontally as well as…

62 1 July 1981

Vanguard is an arcade developed by Tose, released 1 July 1981 on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Atari 2600 and Atari 5200.

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What Vanguard is

Vanguard is an arcade game developed by Tose and released in 1981. It was published by Atari. It is available on PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Arcade.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Vanguard is a shoot 'em up game which leads the player through five different zones to the City of Mystery where the creature Gond awaits him which he has to kill. The five zones run horizontally as well as vertically and are filled with different enemies for each zone. Being hit by an enemy, a projectile or the walls results in losing a life. There are, however, collectable items which grant the player a short time of invincibility. Shooting differs somewhat from other shoot 'em ups: The player's ship is able to fire in all four directions depending on the direction the player steers his ship. However, in doing so, the ship flies in that direrction as well which may result in crashing into…
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How it plays

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

How it was received

Vanguard holds a critic score of 62 out of 100. That places it above 23% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70.

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When did Vanguard come out?
Vanguard was released on 1 July 1981 for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Atari 2600, Atari 5200 and Arcade.

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