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Ikari Warriors
Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling, run & gun shoot 'em up arcade game developed by SNK, published in North America and Europe by Tradewest, and released in 1986. Originally titled in Japan, "Ikari Warriors" was SNK's first major breakthrough US release. The game was released at the time when there were many "Commando" clones on the market. What distinguished "Ikari Warriors" were rotary joysticks and a two-player mode.
The player characters in "Ikari Warriors" are Colonel
computers. These included adaptations of well-known games such as Karnov and the Ikari Warriors series.
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