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Fighting Hawk

Fighting Hawk is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1989 and Europe the same year. It was re-released in the Taito Memories collection. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2022.

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Fighting Hawk
DeveloperTaito
PublisherTaito
PlatformArcade
Release
  • JP: March 1989
  • EU: 1989
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Fighting Hawka is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1989 and Europe the same year.1 It was re-released in the Taito Memories collection. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2022.2

Gameplay

The player controls a plane which travels through battlefields and destroys enemies on land or in the air, in order to destroy a larger and more advanced plane.3 Its ammunition can be upgraded by power-ups, which increase the amount of bullets shot; a bomb attack is also available. The game ends after defeating the boss enemy at the end of the level, or having the plane be destroyed by enemy bullets.4

Notes

Notes

  1. Japanese: ファイティングホーク, Hepburn: Faitingu Hōku
References

References

  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) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 45. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  2. Reynolds, Ollie (May 5, 2022). "Shmup Classic 'Fighting Hawk' Is The Next Arcade Archives Game On Switch". Nintendo Life. Archived from the original on November 16, 2025. Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  3. "シューティングゲーム「アーケードアーカイブス ファイティングホーク」がPS4/Switch向けに5月6日配信！". Gamer (in Japanese). Retrieved March 11, 2026.
  4. 久田晴 (May 5, 2022). "タイトーのシューティングゲーム『ファイティングホーク』がNintendo SwitchとPS4向けに5月6日に配信開始。1988年に発売されたオーソドックスなデザインの作品". 電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？ (in Japanese). Retrieved March 11, 2026.
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