

1983 · Tecmo · Arcade · Shooter
Senjyo
Nintendo console exclusive
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Battlefield'. The simple gameplay involves the player controlling a fixed turret on a tank shooting oncoming alien enemies through a cross-hair target. A certain number of enemies must be destroyed to progress to the next stage. The original arcade cabinet was a cocktail table.
- Released
- 1983
- Platforms
- ArcadeNintendo Switch
- Genres
- ArcadeShooter
- Developers
- Tecmo
- Publishers
- —
- Modes
- MultiplayerSingle-player
- Perspective
- Third person
- Themes
- Action
- Country
- Japan
About
Senjyo is a 1983 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades. It was released only in Japan in November 1983.
Keywords
- aliens
Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception
Gameplay
The gameplay involves the player controlling a fixed turret on a tank shooting oncoming alien enemies through a cross-hair target. A certain number of enemies must be destroyed to progress to the next stage.
The game employs the use of pseudo-3D graphical effects to give the illusion of a three-dimensional landscape. However, the player's tank is fixed in a single location, whereas the enemies can move across the landscape.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Senjyo on their January 1, 1984 issue as being the second most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.
Zelmo of Video Games magazine reviewed the arcade game following its AMOA 1984 demonstration, comparing the gameplay favorably with the 1983 Atari 2600 games Battlezone and Robot Tank while praising the "very nice" graphics, effects and "three-dimensional" landscape. However, the reviewer said the player's "restricted movement" compared to "the maneuverability of the various enemies" made it "frustrating" and could limit the game's arcade audience, concluding that, for "the home this effort would have some promise, but as an arcade game it might be just a little off base."
Releases by platformdates and regions as published
Editions and related releases
- Included in
- Tecmo Classic ArcadeTecmo Hit Parade
- Ported as
- Arcade Archives: Senjyo
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