Shooting Master (8751 315-5159a)

Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Shooting Master (c) 1985 Sega.

Shooting Master is a dedicated game equipped with a realistic gun that has a recoiling mechanism so the player feels the impact of each shot. The player is on a secret mission to save princess Iris, who has been kid¬ napped by a criminal syndicate, and must survive running gun battles while being pursued.

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Runs on the Sega "System 2" hardware.

Used a mounted pistol gun for a single player.

- TRIVIA -

Released in November 1985 in Japan. It was demonstrated at the ACME trade show in Chicago in March of 1986, where Space Harrier was shown in the US for the first time.

The idea of protecting a character on-screen from enemies was first seen in Exidy's Crossbow.

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