

- Shooter, Arcade, Action, Science fiction
Vanguard is a shoot 'em up game which leads the player through five different zones to the City of Mystery where the creature Gond awaits him which he has to kill. The five zones run horizontally as well as vertically and are filled with different enemies for each zone.
ShooterArcadeActionScience fictionshoot 'em upgrindingside-scrollingplaystation ministwin stick controlnever-endingspeech synthesisArcade, Atari 2600, PlayStation 3, Atari 5200, PlayStation Portable
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Plot-driven, grave, earnest and unpretentious.
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
- cooloverwhelming
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About the game
- Platforms
- Arcade, Atari 2600, PlayStation 3, Atari 5200, PlayStation Portable
- Developer
- Tose
- Publisher
- Atari, Centuri, Polyvox, SNK
- Released
- July 1, 1981
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 4.9/10 from 8 ratings.
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