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Arcade Boot Camp

You play a helmet with legs which wants to improve its arcade gaming skills. In order to achieve this you have to play through a series of mini games which are inspired by popular arcade games of the early 80s.

31 December 1984

Arcade Boot Camp is an arcade, released 31 December 1984 on Apple II.

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What Arcade Boot Camp is

Arcade Boot Camp was released in 1984. It was published by Penguin Software. It is available on Apple II only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

You play a helmet with legs which wants to improve its arcade gaming skills. In order to achieve this you have to play through a series of mini games which are inspired by popular arcade games of the early 80s.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Arcade Boot Camp launched on 31 December 1984, within three weeks of Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike and Karateka.

Released around the same time: Impossible Mission, Jet Set Willy, 3D Starstrike, Karateka.

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When did Arcade Boot Camp come out?
Arcade Boot Camp was released on 31 December 1984 for Apple II.

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