Arcade Video game published 38 years ago:

Image Fight (c) 1988 Irem.

Image Fight is a vertically scrolling shoot-em-up with an original premise. The game's first five stages are supposed to be a 'simulation' and serve as training to test the player's abilities. Player's will receive a penalty if their hit-ratio is too low.

Once players have proved themselves on the opening stages, they will progress to the game's last three stages, blasting off into space on a mission to destroy the alien vegetation surrounding the Moon's main computer. If the player fails in the mission, they must endure the dreaded 'Penalty Zone'. Features a high level of challenge, a wide variety of weapons and the ability to change speed.

If the player's ship is equipped with one or more red/blue extra guns, pushing both Action buttons simultaneously will sling the guns forward in a boomerang-like fashion. This is a powerful and destructive method and can be done an unlimited number of times.

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-72 system hardware

Main CPU: V30 (@ 8 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 4

- TRIVIA -

Image Fight was released in November 1988.

The OF-1 (the player's ship) appears as an unlockable ship in the Sony PlayStation 2 game "R*Type Final".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Image Fight: G.S.M Irem 1 - D28B0012) on January 21, 1989.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Secret Invincibility: 1) Turn DIP 2-7 ON. 2) Reset the game with holding Player 2-Button 2 (Speed Change button). 3) You will be able to start a game with invincibility.

- STAFF -

Player layout in our catalog: 2P alt.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Image Fight (World). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Image Fight (World) is filed in our catalog as a 1988 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P alt.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Irem as developer.