Lock-On
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Lock-On is a 1986 first-person shooter
and combat flight simulator
video game with a futuristic theme. It is developed by Tatsumi and licensed to Data East
for US distribution. Features scaling sprites
and a full-screen rotation effect.
First-person shooter
First-person shooter is a video game genre that centers the gameplay on gun and projectile weapon-based combat through first-person perspective; i.e., the player experiences the action through the eyes of a protagonist. Generally speaking, the first-person shooter shares common traits with other...
and combat flight simulator
Combat flight simulator
Combat flight simulators are video games used to simulate military aircraft and their operations...
video game with a futuristic theme. It is developed by Tatsumi and licensed to Data East
Data East
also abbreviated as DECO, was a Japanese video game developer and publisher. The company was in operation from 1976 to 2003, when it declared bankruptcy...
for US distribution. Features scaling sprites
2.5D
2.5D , 3/4 perspective and pseudo-3D are terms used to describe either:* 2D graphical projections and techniques which cause a series of images or scenes to fake or appear to be three-dimensional when in fact they are not, or* gameplay in an otherwise three-dimensional video game that is...
and a full-screen rotation effect.