Tube Panic

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Tube Panic
Tube Panic Arcade Flyer.png
Arcade flyer
Developer Fujitek
Publisher Nichibutsu
Platform Arcade
Release
  • JP: January 1984
  • NA: September 1984
Genre Tube shooter
Modes Single-player, multiplayer

Tube Panic [a] is a 1984 tube shooter video game developed by Fujitek and published by Nichibutsu for arcades. It was released in Japan in January 1984 and North America in September 1984. [1] Hamster Corporation acquired the game's rights alongside Nichibutsu's intellectual property; they released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch in April 2020 and PlayStation 4 the following month. [2]

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Gameplay

Tube Panic is a tube shooter similar in style to Atari's Tempest (1981). [3] In the game, the player controls a spaceship named Marcus who must navigate and escape a tube-like liminal space in outer space. [2] However, unlike Tempest, levels are set in fully three-dimensional areas, allowing for varied placements of enemies unbeforeseen in the genre. [4] Levels set in a horizontally scrolling space also appear in the game. The game ends when Marcus rejoins the mother ship or loses all his lives. [5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: チューブパニック, Hepburn: Chūbu Panikku

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005)[Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 62. ISBN   978-4990251215.
  2. 1 2 Dickens, Anthony (April 23, 2020). "Nintendo Download: 23rd April (Europe)". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on January 19, 2025. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Switch版『アケアカ チューブパニック』が4月23日に配信決定。ゲーム基板に回転機能を持たせた新感覚シューティングが蘇る | ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com". ファミ通.com (in Japanese). April 22, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "業界初ゲーム基板に回転機能を持たせたあの作品が『アケアカ』に！". 電撃オンライン (in Japanese). April 23, 2020. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  5. ↑ 株式会社インプレス (April 22, 2020). "Switch版「アーケードアーカイブス チューブパニック」4月23日配信 業界初 ゲーム基板に回転機能を持たせたSTG". GAME Watch (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 4, 2024. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
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