Andro Dunos is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em up

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 arcade game

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 released by Visco

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 in 1992

1992 in video gaming

-Events:-Notable releases:* Gremlin Graphics releases Zool, Amiga's answer to Mario and Sonic. It goes on to become the best selling Commodore Amiga game, boosting the already popular computer to be the leading gaming machine in Europe....

 for the SNK

SNK Playmore

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 Neo-Geo MVS. The player controls a futuristic fighter spacecraft with different weapon settings that you can switch between, and shoot enemies, collect power-up

Power-up

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s, and defeat bosses

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to advance levels.

Gameplay

The players are put in control of the Neo Type fighters designed by Earth's defense system and sent to end a long lasting war against an alien race. The ships are capable of selecting and upgrading four different types of weapons all ready available and categorized by attack: Shot, Bomb, Missile and Unit.

External links

• Andro Dunos at Arcade History