Blazer

Blazer is a shooter arcade game with an isometric perspective that was released by Namco in 1987 only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 1 hardware, is the first 16-bit game to use a 3/4 view perspective, and was also the first game from Namco to feature a "legal notice" on startup saying that the game was for use in Japan only. With the exception of Beraboh Man, Bakutotsu Kijuutei and Four Trax, every Japan-exclusive arcade game Namco have made since has featured a similar notice on startup - and even if a certain game was later released in the US, the notice would still feature at startup on the Japanese version.

The player must alternate between a tank named "Vanguard" and a helicopter named "Maiheriko" (and for the final mission, a boat named "Maiboto"), to destroy enemies both on land and in the air. Some of the air-based enemies will drop powerups for Vanguard to collect when it hits them with its anti-aircraft missiles; they can restore its fuel, make it invincible for a short period of time and even give it an extra life if it obtains enough of them.