{{short description|1988 Video game}} {{other uses|Devastator (disambiguation)}} {{more citations needed|date=December 2010}} {{Infobox video game |title = Devastators |image = ''Devastators'' |developer = Konami |publisher = Konami |designer = |release = {{vgrelease|JP|September 1988<ref>{{cite book | title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編 (1971–2005) | trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) | last1=Akagi | first1=Masumi | publisher=Amusement News Agency | year=2006 | url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n27/mode/2up?q=Devastators| lang=ja | location=Japan | isbn=978-4990251215 | page=27}}</ref>|NA|October 1988<ref>{{cite book | title=アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編 (1971–2005) | trans-title=Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005) | last1=Akagi | first1=Masumi | publisher=Amusement News Agency | year=2006 | url=https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n123/mode/2up?q=Devastators| lang=ja | location=Japan | isbn=978-4990251215 | page=122}}</ref>}} |genre = Shoot 'em up <br> Third-person shooter |modes = Up to 2 players |arcade system = |platforms = Arcade }} {{nihongo|'''''Devastators'''''|餓流禍|Garuka}} is a 1988 third-person shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Konami.
== Plot == Set in 1989, the player takes control of a mercenary duo known as the "Devastators", who are hired by a small undeveloped country to defend their land from a fanatical Middle East dictator threatening to conquer it.
== Gameplay == thumb|left|Arcade version screenshot The game is essentially a vertical behind-the-back shooter that moves forward only. The soldier walks straight into the scenery, with a perspective similar to the "3D view" stages of Konami's own ''Contra'' (1987) as well as ''Cabal'' (1988). What set ''Devastators'' apart is that instead of advancing automatically, screen by screen, the player walks forward by holding the Up direction, as the background slowly scales toward the screen. ''Devastators'' also featured various obstacles that could be used to take cover from enemy fire,<ref name=Kalata>Kurt Kalata, [http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/konamirunnguns/konamirunnguns.htm Konami Run 'n Guns], Hardcore Gaming 101</ref> as well as two-player cooperative gameplay.<ref>{{KLOV game|7573|Devastators}}</ref>
Most of the missions require the player to kill as many enemies as possible for survival. The missions take place in jungles, desert and sea levels. At the end of each mission was a boss. Mainly the weapons were fairly authentic; the soldier was essentially armed with a machine gun and grenades. He can pick up rocket launchers along the way which could be used against heavy armored vehicles. Additionally, the player(s) have a limited amount of time to complete each stage, otherwise the game will end automatically.
== Reception == In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Devastators'' on their November 1, 1988 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the month.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)|magazine=Game Machine|issue=343|publisher=Amusement Press, Inc.|date=1 November 1988|page=25|lang=ja}}</ref>
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Category:1988 video games Category:Arcade video games Category:Arcade-only video games Category:Shooting gallery games Category:Konami games Category:Third-person shooters Category:Video games set in 1989 Category:Konami arcade games Category:Video games developed in Japan