Warrior
Warrior is a 1979 arcade fighting game and is considered one of the first games of its genre. Developed by Tim Skelly while working at Cinematronics, it was released under the Vectorbeam company name shortly…
Warrior is a fighting developed by Cinematronics, released 1 October 1979 on Arcade.
What Warrior is
Warrior is a fighting game developed by Cinematronics and released in 1979. It was published by Vectorbeam. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Warrior is a 1979 arcade fighting game and is considered one of the first games of its genre. Developed by Tim Skelly while working at Cinematronics, it was released under the Vectorbeam company name shortly before Cinematronics closed Vectorbeam down. The game featured two dueling knights rendered in monochrome vector graphics and based on crude motion capture techniques. Due to the limitations of the hardware used, the processor could not render the characters and gaming environment at the same time and backgrounds were printed, with the characters projected on the top.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction.
What it launched against
Warrior launched on 1 October 1979, within three weeks of Galaxian and Astro Fighter.
Released around the same time: Galaxian, Astro Fighter.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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