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Assault

TitleAssault
First release1988
DeveloperNamco
PublisherNamco
PlatformArcade
Genreshooter game
Players1 player
Co-opNo
Releases
Arcade: 1988-05-04

In Assault, the player's homeland is invaded by aliens. The next course of action is clear: manning a tank and blasting them away! The goal of each of the eleven levels is to reach the end (occupied by a fortress) and killing the opposition while avoid being hit by their projectiles - at first the player only has to worry about ground forces, but in later stages the tank is also being shot at from above. The game is shown from an overhead perspective, but the tank is always the center of attention: the level rotates around the tank when it is moved. Because of this, it is possible to move in the wrong direction, but when that happens an arrow pops up and shows the right way.

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Sources
TheGamesDB (7901) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only
Arcade Database (ADB) (assault) · last updated 2026-10-06 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only
Arcade Database ADB
MAME romsetassault
Title at ADBAssault (Rev B)
ManufacturerNamco
Year1988
GenreShooter / Driving
Players2
MAME driver statusGOOD
Assault – Flyer
Flyer
Assault – Marquee
Marquee
Assault – Cabinet
Cabinet
Assault – Title
Title
Assault – In-game
In-game
Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Namco); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).
Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (mame-title+year) · fetched 2026-10-06 17:12 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)
Image credits
Box art, Logos (3): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Namco · internal use only. TheGamesDB page
Sprites
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Videos
Arcade Longplay [1001] Assault
World-of-Longplays · Arcade version · longplay · 42:48auto-matched
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