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Scramble (video game)

Scramble
Scramble Arcade flyer
North American promotional flyer for Scramble
Developer(s) Konami
Western Technologies
Publisher(s)
  • NA: GCE
  • EU: Compu-Games A/S
Platform(s) Arcade (original)
Tomy Tutor, Vectrex, Xbox 360 (Xbox Live Arcade), Windows Mobile, Game Boy Advance, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 4
Release Arcade
  • JP: February 1981
  • NA: March 16, 1981
  • EU: 1981
Vectrex Tomy Tutor
  • JP: 1983
Xbox Live Arcade
  • INT: September 13, 2006
Windows Mobile
  • NA: December 10, 2007
Arcade Archives(PS4)
  • JP: December 25, 2014
  • NA: June 30, 2015
  • EU: September 22, 2015
Genre(s) Horizontal scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Up to 2 players, alternating turns
Cabinet Upright
Arcade system Konami Scramble
CPU Zilog Z80 @ 3.072MHz
Zilog Z80 @ 1.78975MHz
Sound AY-3-8910 @ 1.78975MHz
Display Raster, 224 × 256, vertical orientation

Scramble (スクランブル Sukuranburu?) is a 1981 side-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game. It was developed by Konami, and manufactured and distributed by Leijac in Japan and Stern in North America. It was the first side-scrolling shooter with forced scrolling and multiple distinct levels. The Konami Scramble arcade system board hardware uses two Zilog Z80 microprocessors for the central processing unit, two AY-3-8910 sound chips for the sound, and Namco Galaxian video hardware for the graphics.

The game was a success, selling 15,136 video game arcade cabinets in the United States within five months, by August 4, 1981, becoming Stern's second best-selling game after Berzerk. Its sequel, the more difficult Super Cobra, sold 12,337 cabinets in the US in four months that same year, adding up to 27,473 US cabinet sales for both, by October 1981.


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