Phoenix
Phoenix is a fixed shooter video game developed for arcades in Japan and released in 1980 by Taito. The player controls a space ship shooting at incoming enemies that fly from the top of the screen down towards the player's ship. There are five stages which repeat endlessly. The fifth is a fight against a large enemy spaceship, making Phoenix one of the first shooters with a boss battle, an element that would become common for the genre.
Year: 1980
Company: Taito
Genre: Arcade
Platform: Arcade
How to play:
- V: INSERT COIN 🪙
- Enter: START GAME ▶️
- Arrow keys: MOVE ↔️
- X: FIRE 1 🔥 / Turbo (in racing games)
- Z: FIRE 2 / Jump 🔥
- R: Accelerate 🚀 (in racing games)
- Tab: Brake 🛑 (in racing games)
Note: Some games may have different controls.