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Shoot Away
Light gun shooter, skeet shooting

Shoot Away

clay pigeons
, represented as flying white dots on a projector screen. There are two that must be shot down in each round, and players only get two bullets to hit them. Bonus points are awarded for shooting the pigeons as soon as they appear, or by destroying both of them with a single bullet. The game was a critical and commercial success, maintaining a presence in arcades into the 1980s.

Gameplay

Shoot Away is a lightgun shooter arcade game that simulates the sport of

clay pigeons — that arch across the screen.[4] Both players' scores are shown on an LCD display attached to the gun holsters.[2] There are two difficulty options, "Regular" and "Pro".[5]

Development and release

Development of Shoot Away was done by Sho Osugi, an engineer for Namco that worked on many of the company's driving games for arcades.[6] He was assisted by Kazunori Sawano, best known for his work on Namco's first major hit Galaxian.[7] Shoot Away was one of Namco's first products exported outside Japan, helping establish intercontinental connections with other manufacturers.[8]

Reception

Shoot Away was one of Namco's first major arcade hits, and performed considerably well in the United States. Satish Bhutani, the co-founder of Namco America, had difficulty in satisfying the growing demand for the game. Shoot Away remained a popular title in arcades well after its original release, with machines still being sold as late as 1986.[9]

In Japan, Shoot Away was the third highest-earning EM arcade game of 1977, and the sixth highest overall arcade game that year.[10] The following year, it was the second highest-earning EM arcade game of 1978 (below Namco's F-1), and the eighth highest overall arcade game.[11] It was later one of the highest-earning EM arcade games of 1980 and Namco's fifth highest arcade game that year (below Pac-Man, Galaxian, Rally-X and Pitch In).[12]

CU Amiga writer Julian Rignall ranked Shoot Away as one of the "real interactive games".[14]

Legacy

In 1978, Namco released a single-player version of Shoot Away named Clay Champ. It was designed to be smaller and more compact for arcades and other street locations,[3] and used mirror effects combined with projection systems. Allied Leisure released the game in North America in June 1979.[15] In the same year, Allied released a video version titled Clay Shoot. Namco released CosmoSwat in 1984, which was a reskin of Shoot Away that featured a science fiction-motif and a video display on the gun holster stand.

The arcade game appears in the 1984 film,

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A 1992 sequel, Shoot Away II, was published in Japan, featuring additional difficulties and new fiber optic lightguns.

Bandai Namco Amusement and released in March 2018.[20]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: シュータウェイ, Hepburn: Shūto Au~ei

References

  1. Killer List of Videogames. International Arcade Museum. Archived from the original
    on April 1, 2019. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Shoot Away promotional flyer. Namco America. 1984. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  3. ^
    ISSN 0008-7289
    .
  4. ^ "Arcades". No. 3. United Kingdom. CU Amiga. May 1990. p. 87. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  5. ^
    ISSN 0008-7289
    .
  6. Curse, Inc. Archived from the original
    on August 27, 2019. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  7. ISBN 978-4946432316
    .
  8. Cash Box. September 23, 1978. pp. 53
    –55. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  9. ^ Johnson, Ethan (November 4, 2017). "Super Sales Six". The History of How We Play. Archived from the original on October 22, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "結果ベスト3" [Best 3 Results] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 90. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 February 1978. p. 2.
  11. ^ "人気マシン・ベスト3" [Popular Machines: Best 3] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 113. Amusement Press, Inc. February 1979. pp. 2–3.
  12. ^ "ベストスリー 本紙調査 (調査対象1980年) 〜 アーケードゲーム機" [Best Three Book Survey (Survey Target 1980) ~ Arcade Game Machines] (PDF). Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 159. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 February 1981. p. 2.
  13. ^ "The Unknown Arcader: Arcades of Boston". Vol. 2, no. 5. Fun & Games Publishing. Electronic Fun with Computer & Games. March 1984. p. 42-49. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  14. CU Amiga
    . No. 3. United Kingdom. pp. 84–7. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  15. Killer List of Videogames. International Arcade Museum. Archived from the original
    on March 25, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  16. ^ The Karate Kid (film). United States. 1984. Event occurs at 1:41:33.
  17. ^ Carter, Jay (July 1993). "Insert Coin Here". Decker Publishing. Electronic Games. pp. 16–17. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  18. ^ Bramwell, Tom (November 13, 2001). "Time Crisis 2". Eurogamer. Gamer Network. Archived from the original on October 11, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  19. ^ Yokota, Masatoshi (May 1, 2002). "ナムコ、「アプリキャロットナムコ」に「シュータウェイ」を追加". Game Watch (in Japanese). Impress Group. Archived from the original on September 27, 2020. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
  20. ^ Inamoto, Tetsuya (February 9, 2018). "［JAEPO2018］「SHOOT AWAY PRO」プレイレポート。昔ながらのエレメカを，現代の技術でリニューアルしたクレー射撃ゲームが3月に登場". 4Gamer.net (in Japanese). Aetas. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved September 27, 2020.
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