Arcade Video game published 45 years ago:

Sky Skipper (c) 1981 Nintendo.

The wonder kingdom is conquered by giant gorillas the player controls a hero pilot and your mission is to save the king and the royal family and his aides have been kidnaped and caged you must rescue and release them, dropping bombs on gorillas to knock them and catch with your plane all the characters, maneuvering through the maze stay alert to replenish your fuel tank and avoiding colliding with the environment to clear the stage.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound Chips: General Instrument AY8910 (@ 2 Mhz)

Screen orientation: Horizontal Video resolution: 512 x 448 pixels Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz Palette colors: 288

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

- TRIVIA -

Sky Skipper was released in August 1981 in Japan.

Some of clear stage tunes in the game sounds very similar like melodies of these contemporary games such: Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr and Pinball.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES: Atari 2600 (1983)

Player layout in our catalog: 2P alt.

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Open Play on this page to start Sky Skipper. 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.

Sky Skipper is filed in our catalog as a 1981 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P alt.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Nintendo as developer.