Phoenix – 1980’s Arcade game by Taito for the Amiga via JOTD gets an AGA update!

by | May 24, 2024 | 1970s, 1980s, Indie, Indie Built-Retro Inspired

As we said before, JOTD has created some amazing conversions/ports over the years. Games such as Moon Patrol, Donkey Kong, Tetris 1200 (AGA), Super Bagman, Galaxian500 and our personal favorite Super Xevious. Well if you’ve been following all of our updates of JOTD’s latest Arcade to Amiga conversion of Phoenix. A 1980’s Arcade fixed-screen shooter by Taito, with a later release in 1983 for the Atari 2600. Then as of today you play the latest version via the link below. A new update which now includes an all new AGA mode with new graphics by Toni Galvez!

Here’s what the wikipedia says about the game “Phoenix is a fixed shooter video game developed for arcades in Japan and released in 1980 by Taito. The player controls a space ship shooting at incoming enemies that fly from the top of the screen down towards the player’s ship. A force field can be used by the player to protect them from these attacks. The force field only lasts a few seconds and then cannot be used for approximately five seconds after. There are five stages which repeat endlessly. The fifth is a fight against a large enemy spaceship, making Phoenix one of the first shooters with a boss battle, an element that would become common for the genre”.
Credits: 
  • jotd: reverse-engineering, transcode, graphics conversion
  • no9: music
  • Christopher from http://www.computerarcheology.com/Arcade/Phoenix/: Z80 disassembly and small RE
  • PascalDe73: amiga icons
  • mrv2k: flyer
  • Toni Galvez!:Aga graphics

Instructions:

  • 5/fire: insert coin
  • 1/up: start 1P game
  • left/right joystick/arrows: move ship
  • fire/ctrl: shoot
  • 2nd button/down/alt: shield
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