Bazooka

Arcade Video game published 48 years ago:

Bazooka (c) 1976 Project Support Engineering.

A black and white shoot'em up game where players use a mounted bazooka to fire at enemy jeeps, trucks, motorcycles and tanks that move across the screen. Try not to hit the ambulances or the people carrying the stretchers. It plays like Midway's Sea Wolf but involves land combat.

- TECHNICAL -

Cabinet dimensions : 72'' high x 26'' wide x 24'' deep.

There were 2 kinds of upright cabinets produced which differed in color and artwork. They are easiest distinguished in color of the bazooka (black or grey).

- TRIVIA -

Bazooka was first advertised in October 1976 and then was released in November of the same year. It was at the MOA '76 event in November.

Bazooka is the first shooting game that penalized the player for hitting friendlies, in this case, the ambulance that would scroll across the screen.