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Image Fight

On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other…

31 December 1988

Image Fight is an arcade developed by Irem, released 31 December 1988 on Wii U, Wii, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Family Computer.

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What Image Fight is

Image Fight is an arcade game developed by Irem and released in 1988. It is available on Wii U, Wii, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade, FM Towns and Sharp X68000.

The premise, in the publisher's words

On a fateful day in 20XX, the Earth's moon exploded into four large fragments and a multitude of meteors. Aliens from afar had succeeded in destroying the West's moon base. One after another, mankind's other military industrial space complexes were being lost. What mankind dreaded had come to pass. Scores of unidentified fighters were in the area. In addition, the moon's main computer, still intact after the explosion, had a strange vegetation coiled around it. Their trademark evil exploits being a dead giveaway, invaders from the Boondoggle Galaxy had arrived to take over the Earth. To counter these evil forces, leading scientists from all over the globe created the "OF-1" Fightership…
Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Image Fight launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.

Official trailer

Gameplay Video thumbnail

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

All media

Dlc

Quick answers

Image Fight — frequently asked questions

When did Image Fight come out?
Image Fight was released on 31 December 1988 for Wii U, Wii, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine, Family Computer, Nintendo Entertainment System, Arcade, FM Towns and Sharp X68000.

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