Two Tigers (video game)
| Two Tigers | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Bally Midway |
| Publisher(s) | Bally Midway |
| Designer(s) | Ron Haliburton Tim Gilbert[1] |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release | 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional shooter |
| Mode(s) | 1-2 player simultaneous cooperative, 2 player simultaneous competitive |
| Arcade system | Midway MCR II [2] |
Two Tigers is a multidirectional shooter created by Bally Midway and released in arcades in 1984. It is themed around World War II-era planes attempting to sink military ships, but there are no references as to which countries are involved in the conflict. Two Tigers offers the choice of two separate modes: one or two players working together to sink large enemy ships, or a dogfight mode where two players attempt to down each other's plane.
Gameplay
In the primary mode, each player steers an always moving plane by rotating it clockwise and counter-clockwise. Enemy planes fly horizontally across the screen; shooting them causes them to crash into the ocean or the large ship floating in it. Each hit from a downed plane destroys a piece of the ship where it crashes. Naval mines drifting in the water can be shot, damaging the ship from below.[3] Players can damage the ship directly by dropping bombs. Only one bomb per player can be in the air at once.[4]
Destroying an entire vertical column of a ship causes a leak. When enough leaks have been created (based on the level), the ship explodes. As an intermission, submarines, sharks, and swimmers occupy the open water and can be shot.[4] After a brief respite, a new ship arrives.
Lives are unlimited in Two Tigers. Flying into another plane spawns a replacement once the wreckage falls offscreen. Player-controlled planes do not collide with the ship at the bottom. After a certain amount of time an undestroyed ship leaves—another such departure ends the game.
Variations
There are two variations of Two Tigers machines: one with a weighted spinner to rotate the plane (similar to that of Midway's Tron), and the other with a flight yoke for the same purpose.[4]
The game was later released as a conversion kit for Tron. It has significant differences in terms of gameplay, visuals, and audio compared to the original.[5]
References
- ^ Hague, James, The Giant List of Classic Game Programmers
- ^ Two Tigers at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^ "Two Tigers". The Arcade Flyer Archive.
- ^ a b c Butler, Kevin, Two Tigers FAQ
- ^ "Two Tigers [No. 0C67]". Arcade History.
