# Field Combat

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1985 video game

1985 video game

Field Combat Japanese arcade flyer Developers Jaleco (arcade)[2] Tose (Famicom) Publishers JP: Jaleco NA: Magic Electronics[1] Platforms Arcade, Famicom Release Arcade JP: April 1985[2] NA: 1985[1] EU: June 1985[3] Famicom JP: July 9, 1985 Genre Scrolling shooter Modes Single-player, multiplayer

***Field Combat***[a] is a 1985 vertically [scrolling shooter](/source/Scrolling_shooter) [video game](/source/Video_game) developed and published by [Jaleco](/source/Jaleco) for [arcades](/source/Arcade_video_game). In *Field Combat*, the player fights as a [commanding officer](/source/Commanding_officer) in a [futuristic](/source/Futuristic) battlefield. It was ported to the Famicom by [Tose](/source/Tose_(company)), which was later re-released for the [Wii](/source/Wii)'s [Virtual Console](/source/Virtual_Console) in 2007. A sequel, *Field Combat DX*, was released for Japanese mobile phones in 2004.[4]

## Gameplay

The object of the game is to make it all the way to the end of the [battlefield](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/battlefield) using the Genesis, a warship that can fire off missiles. While the player controls the blue forces, the player must defeat the red forces without dying in the process by either avoiding or shooting [helicopters](/source/Helicopter), [infantrymen](/source/Infantry), and [tanks](/source/Tank). An interesting characteristic of the game is that it is possible to ask for reinforcements from an army, which the player possesses, by pressing both the A and B buttons at the same time. The player can also use their special weapon to "absorb" the enemies and add them to their army. There is also an enemy [UFO](/source/Unidentified_flying_object) like spaceship that, when in battlefield, attempts to grab and escape with a player friendly unit (if there is any on the battlefield). It will also engage into air-to-air battle with a friendly helicopter (if there is any).

The game used classical music such as [Richard Wagner](/source/Richard_Wagner)'s *[Ride of the Valkyries](/source/Ride_of_the_Valkyries)* as its background music.

## Reception

In Japan, *Game Machine* listed *Field Combat* on their April 15, 1985 issue as being the ninth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[2]

*[Computer Gamer](/source/Computer_Gamer)* reviewed the arcade game, noting the gameplay is similar to [Taito](/source/Taito)'s *[Front Line](/source/Front_Line_(video_game))* (1982) from several years earlier and stating it is "quite good but very difficult to get the initial hang of".[3]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Japanese](/source/Japanese_language): フィールドコンバット, [Hepburn](/source/Hepburn_romanization): *Firudo Konbatto*

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Akagi_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Akagi_1-1) Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). [*アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005)*](https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n124) [*Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)*] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 123. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-4990251215](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-4990251215).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-GM258_2-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-GM258_2-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-GM258_2-2) ["Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)"](https://onitama.tv/gamemachine/pdf/19850415p.pdf#page=10) (PDF). *[Game Machine](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3)* (in Japanese). No. 258. [Amusement Press, Inc.](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE) April 15, 1985. p. 19.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-CG3_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-CG3_3-1) Roberts, Mike (June 1985). ["Coin-Op Connection"](https://archive.org/details/Computer_Gamer_Issue_03_1985-06_Argus_Press_GB/page/n17/mode/2up). *[Computer Gamer](/source/Computer_Gamer)*. No. 3. United Kingdom: [Argus Press](/source/Argus_Press). pp. 18–9.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["フィールドコンバットDX"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181209123524/http://www.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0311/21/news13.html). *IT Media*. Archived from [the original](http://www.itmedia.co.jp/games/gsnews/0311/21/news13.html) on December 9, 2018. Retrieved December 9, 2018.

## External links

- *[Field Combat](https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=field-combat&page=detail&id=824)* at arcade-history

- [*Field Combat*](https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=7773) at the [Killer List of Videogames](/source/Killer_List_of_Videogames)

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