Radar Scope
A screenshot of Radar Scope
Developer(s)	Ikegami Tsushinki
Publisher(s)	Nintendo
Release date(s)	November, 1980
Genre(s)	Fixed Shooter
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, alternating turns
Platform(s)	Arcade game
Input	Joystick, 1 button
Arcade cabinet	Standard
Arcade CPU(s)	Z80 @ 3.072 MHz, I8035 @ 0.4 MHz
Arcade sound system(s)	DAC audio
Arcade display	Raster (Vertical) standard resolution (Used: 224×256)

Radar Scope is an early arcade game designed by Nintendo, developed by Ikegami Tsushinki and released by Nintendo in November, 1980. It is a shooter that can be viewed as a cross between Space Invaders and Galaxian. The game's sounds were high pitched chirps which many gamers found annoying. Image File history File links screenshot Radarscope by me This is a screenshot of a copyrighted computer game or video game. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Ikegami Tsushinki Co. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Joystick elements: 1. ... This arcade cabinet, containing Centipede, is an upright. ... Die of an Intel 80486DX2 microprocessor (actual size: 12×6. ... The Zilog Z80 is an 8-bit microprocessor designed and manufactured by Zilog from 1976 onwards. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... The Intel 8048 microcontroller (µC), Intels first µC, was used in the Magnavox Odyssey² video game console, the Roland Jupiter-4 and Roland ProMars analog synthesizers, and (in its 8042 variant) in the original IBM PC keyboard. ... MegaHertz (MHz) is the name given to one million (106) Hertz, a measure of frequency. ... A sound chip is an integrated circuit (i. ... In electronics, a digital-to-analog converter (DAC or D-to-A) is a device for converting a digital (usually binary) code to an analog signal (current, voltage or electric charge). ... A computer display monitor, usually called simply a monitor when the meaning is clear from the context, is a piece of electrical equipment which displays viewable images generated by a computer without producing a permanent record. ... Suppose the smiley face in the top left corner is an RGB bitmap image. ... Centipede by Atari is a typical example of a 1980s era arcade game. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Ikegami Tsushinki Co. ... Nintendo Company, Limited (任天堂 or ニンテンドー Nintendō; NASDAQ: NTDOY, TYO: 7974 usually referred to as simply Nintendo, or Big N ) is a multinational corporation founded on September 23, 1889[1] in Kyoto, Japan by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... Shooter games cover a fairly broad spectrum of sub-genres that have the commonality of controlling a character who is usually armed with a firearm that can be freely aimed. ... This article does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Galaxian is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade game by Namco. ...

Contrary to popular belief, this is not Nintendo's first arcade game. Prior games include Computer Othello (released only in Japan), Sheriff (released in the U.S. by Exidy as Bandido), Space Fever (released only in Japan), and Space Firebird (released by Sega/Gremlin in the U.S.). Reversi and Othello are names for a strategic boardgame which involves play by two parties on an eight-by-eight square grid with pieces that have two distinct sides. ... System: Arcade Developed by: Nintendo RD1 Genre: Action / Shooting Save: None Released: Japan: 1979 (Nintendo Co. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Space Fever is a 1979 arcade game by Nintendo. ... Sega Corporation ) is a Japanese multinational video game software and hardware developing company, and a former home computer and console manufacturer. ...

Gameplay

The enemy Gamma Raider ships hover menacingly at the top of the screen, and the player can only hit the bottom row when they are close to the blue mesh "radar". Enemy craft will sweep across the field, shooting green bolts, then retreat back to the group, much like in Galaxian. As more enemy craft are eliminated, the enemies swoop in greater numbers, and sometimes damaged craft descend in a suicidal fashion toward the player's ship. Galaxian is a 1979 fixed shooter arcade game by Namco. ...

Conversion to Donkey Kong

The game was popular for a short period in Japan, so the president of newly-founded Nintendo of America, Minoru Arakawa, placed a large order for it. By the time the game arrived in New York, months had passed and the buzz surrounding the game had dissipated. American arcade operators were unimpressed, and Nintendo of America was stuck with thousands of unsold units sitting in the warehouse. Arakawa faced financial disaster, so he pleaded with his father-in-law (Nintendo CEO Hiroshi Yamauchi) to provide him with a new game which he could install as a replacement in the Radar Scope arcade machines, which could be repainted to reflect a new game. Nintendo Corporation, Limited (Japanese: 任天堂; Ninten is translated roughly as leave luck to heaven or in heavens hands, do is a common suffix for names of shops or laboratories; TSE: NTDOY) was originally founded in 1889 by Fusajiro Yamauchi to produce handmade hanafuda cards, for use in... Minoru Arakawa (荒川實, Arakawa Minoru; born September 3, 1946) was the president of Nintendo of America (NOA) from 1980 to 2002. ... Image:Yamauchi. ...

Not wanting to divert staff from other projects, Yamauchi assigned an inexperienced designer, Shigeru Miyamoto, the task of "fixing" the game so it would appeal to gamers. Rather than tweak a poor game, Miyamoto designed an entirely new game, Donkey Kong, using the Radar Scope hardware. Out of the 3000 arcade units originally manufactured, around 2000 were converted to Donkey Kong. The converted units can be spotted by their red cabinets. Conversion kits for the new game were then shipped to North America, where Donkey Kong went on to become a huge success. As a result, Nintendo established itself as a powerhouse in the North American video game market. Shigeru Miyamoto , born November 16, 1952) is a Japanese video game designer. ... Donkey Kong ) is an arcade game released by Nintendo in 1981. ...

External links

• Radar Scope at the Killer List of Videogames
• Arcade History Database