Ikari Warriors (1988)

Ikari Warriors is an arcade shoot-em-up released in 1988 for the ZX Spectrum. Published by Elite Systems Ltd, the game was developed by David Shea, who handled the coding and in-game graphics, with music composed by Nick Jones.

The game supports up to two players and features vertical scrolling. It utilizes AY sound and offers flexible control options, including support for Kempston joysticks, Interface 2, and cursor keys.

The cassette version was priced at £8.99, while the disk version cost £12.99. The title was also ported to Amstrad CPC, Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX, NES, Amiga, and Atari ST.

It holds an average magazine score of 75.17%. Critical reception included an 84% rating from C&VG and The Games Machine, while Crash awarded the game 76%.