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{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title =
|image = Omega Fighter Poster.png
|caption = ''Omega Fighter'' arcade flyer.
|developer = [[UPL Co., Ltd|UPL]]
|publisher = {{vgrelease|JP|UPL|NA|[[Sammy Corporation|American Sammy]]<ref name="VT">{{cite magazine |title=AMOA Expo '89 Convention Exhibit Preview |magazine=[[Vending Times]] |date=August 1989 |volume=29 |issue=10 |page=47 |url=https://archive.org/details/VendingTimesVOL29NO10August1989Clearscan/page/n42}}</ref>}}
|publisher = UPL, [[Sammy Corporation|American Sammy]]
|designer =
|released = {{vgrelease|JP|July 1989<ref name="MAD">{{cite web |title=Omega Fighter |url=https://mediaarts-db.bunka.go.jp/id/M731429 |website=Media Arts Database |publisher=[[Agency for Cultural Affairs]] |language=ja |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>|NA|August 1989<ref name="VT"/>|EU|October 1989<ref name="CVG"/><ref name="ACE"/>}}
|released = {{vgrelease|NA|1989}}
|genre = [[Shoot 'em up]]
|modes = [[Single-player]], [[Multi-player|2-player]]
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{{nihongo foot|'''''Omega Fighter'''''|オメガファイター|Omega Faitā|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a vertical [[scrolling shooter]] developed for the [[Arcade game|arcades]] by [[UPL Co., Ltd|UPL]] and released in 1989.<ref>{{cite web |url =http://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=8918 |title =Omega Fighter |publisher =The International Arcade Museum |accessdate =9 Nov 2013 }}</ref><ref name="MAD"/> While similar to most other scrolling shooters, ''Omega Fighter'' was unique in its gameplay, level and enemy focus: rather than flying over multiple levels, the player faced up against an enormous space battle cruiser which contained every level. A [[Sega Genesis]] version was planned but never released.<ref name="EGM3c3">{{cite magazine|last=Harris|first=Steve|url=https://archive.org/stream/Electronic_Gaming_Monthly_03#page/n66/mode/1up|title=Outpost: Genesis — GENESIS SIZZLES AT CES!!! A Dozen New 16-Bit Game Titles Debut at Summer Show - Will the Momentum Continue?|magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=3|publisher=Sendai Publishing|date=September 1989|pages=64–67}}</ref>
 
==Gameplay==
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There are also two items that are pressed by the 'bomb' button, and each player may pick up to two of them:
* Silver -: Activate to slow down everything on screen. Useful to dodge bullets and getting closer for higher score.
* Gold -: Destroy all enemies on screen, score depends on closeness to player prior to using the item.
 
==Reception==
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Omega Fighter'' on their August 15, 1989 issue as being the fifteenth most-successful popular table arcade unit ofat the yeartime.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=|first=|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=362|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=15 August 1989|page=21|lang=ja}}</ref> Reviewers at the time of the game's release generally found the game playable and fulfilling,<ref>http://www.solvalou.com/images/arcade/reviews/557.jpg</ref> though most felt the gameplay and graphics were uninspired.<ref>http://www.solvalou.com/images/arcade/reviews/100.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.solvalou.com/images/arcade/reviews/148.jpg</ref>
 
At the time of the game's release, ''[[Computer + Video Games]]'' and ''[[Advanced Computer Entertainment]]'' generally found the game playable and fulfilling.<ref name="CVG">{{cite magazine |title=Arcade Action: Omega Fighter |magazine=[[Computer + Video Games]] |date=16 October 1989 |issue=96 (November 1989) |pages=96–98 (98) |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-096/page/n97}}</ref><ref name="ACE">{{cite magazine |title=Omega Fighter |magazine=[[Advanced Computer Entertainment]] |date=October 1989 |issue=26 (November 1989) |page=23 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/44/246}}</ref> ''[[Your Sinclair]]'', on the other hand, felt the gameplay and graphics were uninspired.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Bielby |first1=Matt |title=Slots of Fun |magazine=[[Your Sinclair]] |date=16 November 1989 |issue=48 (December 1989) |pages=90–1 |url=https://www.solvalou.com/arcade/reviews/68/246}}</ref>
==External links==▼
 
*{{KLOV game|id=8918}}▼
==See also==
*[http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=omega-fighter&page=detail&id=1879 ''Omega Fighter''] at arcade-history.com▼
* ''[[Task Force Harrier]]''
 
==Notes==
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==References==
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* [http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews solvalou.com] Magazine articles at Solvalou.com
▲==External links==
▲* {{KLOV game|id=8918}}
▲* [http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=omega-fighter&page=detail&id=1879 ''Omega Fighter''] at arcade-history.com
 
[[Category:1989 video games]]
[[Category:Arcade Archives games]]
[[Category:Arcade-only video games]]
[[Category:UPLArcade-only video games]]▼
[[Category:Cancelled Sega Genesis games]]
[[Category:Hamster Corporation games]]
[[Category:Multiplayer and single-player video games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Switch games]]
[[Category:PlayStation 4 games]]
[[Category:UPL Co., Ltd games]]
[[Category:Vertically scrolling shooters]]
▲[[Category:UPL games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]
 
 
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