Kagirinaki Tatakai

Kagirinaki Tatakai
Developer(s)	Hiroshi Ishikawa
Publisher(s)	Enix
Platform(s)	Sharp X1
Release	JP: October 1983[1]
Genre(s)	Platformer, shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

Kagirinaki Tatakai (限りなき戦い, literally "Endless Battle") is a platformer/shooter game developed by Hiroshi Ishikawa and published by Enix exclusively for the Sharp X1 in Japan. Gameplay involves the player descending a vertical, underground shaft while facing enemies and projectiles. Equipped with a jet pack for maneuvering in the air, the player can engage adversaries with a raygun, a rocket launcher, or bombs. The latter two weapons can also destroy any portion of the stage for the player to create cover or to dig out new paths to advance.

Inspired by the science fiction novel Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein, Ishikawa developed Kagirinaki Tatakai in just one month after starting high school. The game was a third-place runner-up in a contest held by Enix to publish software from new designers. It was released in October 1983 and sold meagerly. A PC-8801 port was cancelled and Ishikawa completed only one other game, 1985's Brain Breaker for the X1, before changing careers. Kagirinaki Tatakai has been noted for its inclusion of fully-destructible environments.