Line of Fire (video game)

Line of Fire
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Sega
Sanritsu (Master System)
Publisher(s)Sega
Composer(s)M.A
Platform(s)Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, Master System
ReleaseOctober 4, 1989: Arcade[1]
1990: Amiga, Amstrad, Atari ST, C64, Spectrum[2]
December 19, 1991: Master System[3]
Genre(s)Light gun shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemSega X Board

Line of Fire / Line of Fire: Bakudan Yarou (ライン・オブ・ファイヤー 爆弾野郎) is a first-person light gun shooter game developed by Sega and released for arcades in 1989. It was released with two arcade cabinet versions, a standard upright and a sit-down cockpit, both featuring two positional guns. The cockpit design allows the player(s) to sit down while playing the game, while having two-handed machine guns,[4] controlled by a potentiometer-controlled gun alignment software system.[5] The game follows a two-man commando unit as they try to escape from a terrorist facility after seizing a prototype weapon.

The arcade game was praised by critics for its pseudo-3D graphics and cockpit cabinet, but with the gameplay criticized for being derivative of Operation Wolf (1987) and Operation Thunderbolt (1988). It was converted for home computers and published by U.S. Gold in 1990, and then released for the Master System in 1991; however, the style of the latter was changed to that of an overhead run and gun video game. The home computer versions were criticized for "blocky" visuals, though reviewers found that there were some nice touches, while the Master System version also received mixed reviews.

  1. ^ "Line of Fire (Registration Number PA0000606082)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference release1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Prodates" (PDF). Sega Pro. Paragon Publishing. December 1991. p. 7. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Zero was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "New Products: Sega's Line of Fire". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 4. January 1990. p. 127.