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'''Guided Missile''', also known as '''Missile-X''', is a fixed [[shooter]] arcade game that had been released by [[Midway Games]] in [[1977]] and licensed to [[Taito Corporation]] for Japanese manufacture and distribution; it utilizes an Intel 8080 microprocessor (running at 1.9968 MHz), and the players must use a button to launch missiles at various targets that are moving across the screen. Once a missile has reached the top of the screen, it will start descending - and you will have to push the 2-way joystick left (and right) to aim it towards the targets. As with many other early Midway games the gameplay is time-based as opposed to life-based; and it will also get extended if you manage to score a certain amount of points before the timer runs out. The Taito Corporation version of this title also has a different score display. | '''Guided Missile''', also known as '''Missile-X''', is a fixed [[shooter]] arcade game that had been released by [[Midway Games]] in [[1977]] and licensed to [[Taito Corporation]] for Japanese manufacture and distribution; it utilizes an Intel 8080 microprocessor (running at 1.9968 MHz), and the players must use a button to launch missiles at various targets that are moving across the screen. Once a missile has reached the top of the screen, it will start descending - and you will have to push the 2-way joystick left (and right) to aim it towards the targets. As with many other early Midway games the gameplay is time-based as opposed to life-based; and it will also get extended if you manage to score a certain amount of points before the timer runs out. The Taito Corporation version of this title also has a different score display. | ||
The game was also included on the music video of British Band The Buggles's hit "Clean, Clean" (1980). | |||
<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jzb1E16r164</ref> | |||
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Guided Missile, also known as Missile-X, is a fixed shooter arcade game that had been released by Midway Games in 1977 and licensed to Taito Corporation for Japanese manufacture and distribution; it utilizes an Intel 8080 microprocessor (running at 1.9968 MHz), and the players must use a button to launch missiles at various targets that are moving across the screen. Once a missile has reached the top of the screen, it will start descending - and you will have to push the 2-way joystick left (and right) to aim it towards the targets. As with many other early Midway games the gameplay is time-based as opposed to life-based; and it will also get extended if you manage to score a certain amount of points before the timer runs out. The Taito Corporation version of this title also has a different score display. The game was also included on the music video of British Band The Buggles's hit "Clean, Clean" (1980). [1]
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Screenshot of the game.
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Upright arcade cabinet.
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Alternative arcade flyer.
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Taito's "Missile-X" flyer.
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Taito "Missile-X" monitor.
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Taito "Missile-X" cabinet.
