Lost In Translation/Vigilante

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Vigilante
Manufacturer	Irem
Released	1988
Control Method	8-way Joystick 2 Button(s)
Main CPU	(3x) Z80 (@ 3.580 MHz) Z80 (@ 3.580 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo YM2151 (@ 3.580 MHz) DAC
Video Details	Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 256 pixels 55.00 Hz 544 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	20 ROMs 1,082,124 bytes (1.03 MiB)
MAME ID	vigilant · vigilntj · vigilntu

About The Game

Vigilante is an horizontally scrolling arcade video game beat-em-up.

A sequel to Irem's legendary "Kung-fu Master", Vigilante sees the hero's girlfriend, Madonna, kidnapped by a gang of thugs and driven away in the back of their van. The vigilante must fight through five enemy-packed levels to rescue his girlfriend. As with "Kung-fu Master", a tough guardian enemy awaits the player at the end of each level. The guardians must be defeated as quickly as possible as their energy bars will replenish in between the player's attacks.

A weapon, in the form of nunchaku, can occasionally be found and picked-up; adding to the player's 'kick' and 'punch' fighting moves. Some of the game's many enemies are also armed, with either clubs, chains, knives or guns. The game ends once Madonna is rescued.

Additional Technical Information

Players : 2

Control : 8-way joystick

Buttons : 2 (PUNCH, KICK)

Trivia

Released in February 1988.

Licensed to Data East for US manufacture and distribution.

Series

1. Kung-Fu Master (1984)
2. Vigilante (1988)
3. Spartan X 2 (Nintendo Famicom, 1991)

Cabinet and Artwork

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  Vigilante arcade cabinet.

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  Vigilante flyer.

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  Back of the Vigilante flyer.

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  Data East's Vigilante flyer.

Ports

Consoles

NEC PC-Engine (1989)

Sega Master System (1989)

Computers

Commodore C64 (1989)

Amstrad CPC (1989)

Atari ST (1989)

Commodore Amiga ("Vigilante", 1989, U.S. Gold)

Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1989)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Image Fight -G.S.M. IREM 1-	D28B-0012	1989-01-21	Pony Canyon, Inc.	CD version.
Vigilante	15A3-2	1988-12-21	Alfa	CD version.
Image Fight -G.S.M. IREM 1-	25P5-0012	1989-01-21	Pony Canyon, Scitron	Cassette version.
GS SELECTION - GS Club Special Project	N/A	1988-03-01	Softbank Publishing	Double vinyl version.

External Links

• Sinclair ZX Spectrum version of Vigilante at the World of Spectrum

References

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.