Astro Fighter

Astro Fighter.
Developer(s)Data East
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
Genre(s)Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Astro Fighter (Japanese: アストロファイター, Hepburn: Asutoro Faitā) is a space shoot 'em up game released for arcades in 1979. The cabinet was released in three different styles: upright/standard, cocktail, and cabaret. It was developed and distributed by Data East in Japan and was distributed in North America by Sega/Gremlin.[2]

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