Ludography
Warpman cover

1985 · Namco

Warpman

Nintendo exclusive

Warpman is an Action game, developed and published by Namco, which was released in Japan in 1985.

Released
12 July 1985
Platforms
NES
Genres
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Developers
Namco
Publishers
Namco
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Age ratings
CLASS_IND L

About

Warpman is a 1985 multidirectional shooter video game developed and published by Namco for the Family Computer. It is a sequel to the 1981 arcade game Warp & Warp. It was one of the last games to be programmed by Shouichi Fukatani, programmer of Dig Dug, who died during development. It was released outside Japan for the first time as part of Namco Museum Archives.

Keywords

  • shoot 'em up
  • warping

Media

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Gameplay

The player controls a "Monster Fighter", who must destroy aliens on two different types of levels, the free-movement Space World and the obstacle-filled Maze World. Unlike its predecessor, power-ups are available to advance gameplay alongside new enemy types.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
NES12 July 1985Japan

Editions and related releases

Included in
Namco Museum Collection 2Namcot Collection

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Alike

Collections2 collections

Platform libraries

Publishers

  • Namco gamesConsole-based games › Published, developed, and/or produced

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