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Birds of Prey

An excellent vertical shooter in this Vectrex compilation. Birds of Prey has 4 levels of shooting action against a fleet of alien space birds who´s sole goal is your annihilation! A 5th level puts you up…

1 February 1999

Birds of Prey is an arcade developed by John Dondzila, released 1 February 1999 on Vectrex.

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What Birds of Prey is

Birds of Prey is an arcade game developed by John Dondzila and released in 1999. It is available on Vectrex only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

An excellent vertical shooter in this Vectrex compilation. Birds of Prey has 4 levels of shooting action against a fleet of alien space birds who´s sole goal is your annihilation! A 5th level puts you up against the final fleet and the mothership
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Birds of Prey launched on 1 February 1999, within three weeks of Final Fantasy VIII, Super Smash Bros., Syphon Filter and Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy VIII, Super Smash Bros., Syphon Filter, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri.

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When did Birds of Prey come out?
Birds of Prey was released on 1 February 1999 for Vectrex.

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