Vigilante (TurboGrafx-16)

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Description

Vigilante is a side-scrolling beat-em-up. It features an anonymous tough hero that roams the streets to beat up The Rogues gang that kidnapped his girlfriend Maria. The game offers five distinct locations, such as city streets and a junkyard, with many different thugs with different strengths. You fight with your fists, feet and a chain, with a regular stance, crouched and jumping attacks. Each level features an end boss which requires a specific tactic in order to progress. Enemies keep spawning continuously from the left and the right side of the screen until the boss is reached, so a steady pace forward is required to reach the end of the level before time runs out. When enemies come too close they will grab the character and quick presses left and right are need to set him free, as he is then vulnerable to incoming attacks.

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Alternate Titles

• "Arcade Archives: Vigilante" -- Nintendo Switch / PS4 title
• "アーケードアーカイブス ビジランテ" -- Japanese Nintendo Switch / PS4 spelling
• "ビジランテ" -- Japanese spelling

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Apr, 1989	80 out of 100	80
The Games Machine (UK)	Apr, 1989	75 out of 100	75
Retro Archives	Mar 19, 2021	14.5 out of 20	72
TurboPlay	Jun, 1990		70
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Apr, 1989	8.2 out of 12	68
Electronic Gaming Monthly (EGM)	Sep, 1989	24 out of 40	60
The Video Game Critic	Mar 11, 2003	C	50
Retro Game Reviews	May 18, 2015		50
Gamezone (Germany)	May 30, 2006	4.7 out of 10	47
Digital Press - Classic Video Games	Dec 04, 2003	4 out of 10	40

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
MSX version is unofficial/clone	4	Alaka (80225) May 18, 2020

Trivia

Windows release

The game was one of the eighteen arcade games included in the compilation Irem Arcade Hits.

Related Web Sites

• Game Map (Sega Master System) on SMS Power! (Maps of all the levels of the Master System version.)