Ikari Warriors
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Arcade promotional poster for Ikari Warriors
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| Developer(s) |
SNK Micronics (NES) |
| Publisher(s) | Tradewest |
| Designer(s) | Keiko Iju |
| Platform(s) | Arcade (original) Apple II, Amiga, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Atari ST, Acorn Electron, Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, C64, NES, MSX2, PC booter, ZX Spectrum |
| Release date(s) |
Arcade
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| Genre(s) | Run & gun shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| CPU | 3 x Z80-A running at 4MHz (2 co-processors, 1 sound processor) |
| Display | Raster, vertical orientation, standard resolution (216 x 288), 1024 Colors |
| Review scores | |
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| Publication | Score |
| CVG | Amstrad: 37/40 Spectrum: 84% C64: 89% |
| Crash | Spectrum: 76% |
| Dragon | PC:  
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| Famitsu | NES: 24/40 |
| Sinclair User | Spectrum: 7/10 |
| Your Sinclair | Spectrum: 8/10 |
| Atari ST User | Atari ST: 9/10 |
| Computer Entertainer | NES:
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| The Games Machine | Spectrum: 84% |
Ikari Warriors is a vertically scrolling, run & gun shoot 'em up arcade game developed by SNK, published in North America and Europe by Tradewest, and released in 1986. Originally titled Ikari (怒?, "Fury") in Japan, Ikari Warriors was SNK's first major breakthrough US release and became something of a classic. The game was released at the time when there were many Commando clones on the market. What distinguished Ikari Warriors were rotary joysticks and a two-player mode.
The player characters in Ikari Warriors are Colonel Ralf and Second Lieutenant Clark of the later King of Fighters series (known outside Japan as Paul and Vince in the Ikari series) battling through hordes of enemies. According to designer Keiko Iju, the game was inspired by the popular Rambo films and takes its name from the Japanese title of Rambo: First Blood Part II (Rambo: Ikari no Dasshutsu or "The Furious Escape"). Ralf and Clark also make an appearance as playable characters in Metal Slug 6 and Metal Slug 7, as well as the King of Fighters series.
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