Tail Gunner, the Video Game by Vectorbeam [Union City, CA, USA]

Type of the machine : Video Game
Tail Gunner © 1979 Vectorbeam.

Main CPU : CCPU (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Samples

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 38.00 Hz
Palette colors : 32768

Players : 1
Control : stick
Buttons : 2

Released in November 1979.

Vectorbeam was bought out by Cinematronics after Tail Gunner was released. Once the game was released, Vectorbeam was closed down.

Exidy licensed Tail Gunner for production of cockpit units with the name of "Tail Gunner 2".

Licensed to Sega for Japan market.

A Tail Gunner unit appears in the 1982 movie 'Tron'.

Produced by : Tim Skelly
Designed & programmed by : Dan Sunday, Larry Rosenthal

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.