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SHMUPS History - GUN FIGHT

Before proceeding forward in time, this time we go back again until 1975. On this occasion, the game that I have in hand I have certain characteristics that make it important in the history of video games.

Gun Fight could be considered the granddaddy of fighting games

FIGHT GUN is a game originally designed by TAITO [but other hardware and with the name WESTERN GUN] and marketed by MIDWAY in 1975. Simply is to control two of the Old West cowboys involved in a duel and filled with shots to win points.
The main merit of this game was to be the first arcade in using microprocessors instead of integrated circuits with transistors [remember that computers now use microprocessors with millions of transistors inside]. This type of hardware gave increased technical capabilities to games and was shown throughout the story with games that have been dating since then.
is also the first game that has been exported from Japan to the western world.
The game implements two checks, one for the player to move vertically and another to point to the opponent. It is also the first game that allows two players control two characters fight each other. Why does this matter? because although the game can be considered a SHMUP [It is], one could surmise that it was also the basis of fighting games like STREET FIGHTER , for example.