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Gee Bee (arcade game)
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Gee Bee is Namco
's first internally designed arcade game
, released in 1978. It was developed by Tōru Iwatani, who went on to create Pac-Man
. It was released in the United States by Gremlin
; this version replaces the "NAMCO" letters on the light-up bumpers with Gremlin's distinctive "G" logo.
This is a combination of pinball
-style game with that of a ball-and-paddle
game where the player bounces a ball into blocks. The goal of the game is to keep the ball from falling to the bottom of the screen for as long as possible and get the high score.
There were two sequels, Bomb Bee
and Cutie Q
, which were also designed by Iwatani and released in the following year.
Namco
is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...
's first internally designed arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
, released in 1978. It was developed by Tōru Iwatani, who went on to create Pac-Man
Pac-Man
is an arcade game developed by Namco and licensed for distribution in the United States by Midway, first released in Japan on May 22, 1980. Immensely popular from its original release to the present day, Pac-Man is considered one of the classics of the medium, virtually synonymous with video games,...
. It was released in the United States by Gremlin
Gremlin Industries
Gremlin Industries was arcade game manufacturer active from the 1970s to early 1980s, and based San Diego, California, USA .Gremlin was founded in 1973 as a manufacturer of coin-operated wall games. Gremlin's first wall game, Play Ball, was fairly successful.- History :Gremlin joined the video game...
; this version replaces the "NAMCO" letters on the light-up bumpers with Gremlin's distinctive "G" logo.
This is a combination of pinball
Pinball
Pinball is a type of arcade game, usually coin-operated, where a player attempts to score points by manipulating one or more metal balls on a playfield inside a glass-covered case called a pinball machine. The primary objective of the game is to score as many points as possible...
-style game with that of a ball-and-paddle
Breakout clone
A Breakout clone is a sub-class of the "bat-and-ball" genre introduced with the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong...
game where the player bounces a ball into blocks. The goal of the game is to keep the ball from falling to the bottom of the screen for as long as possible and get the high score.
There were two sequels, Bomb Bee
Bomb Bee
Bomb Bee is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1979 . It is the sequel to Gee Bee, which was released in the previous year. This was a two player ball and paddle game, which also featured a pinball simulation....
and Cutie Q
Cutie Q
Cutie Q is an arcade game that was released by Namco in 1979. It is the third in a series that includes Gee Bee and Bomb Bee.-Gameplay:Like its predecessors, Cutie Q plays like a mix of pinball and Breakout style games...
, which were also designed by Iwatani and released in the following year.