Gorf

1981

shoot 'em up

Developer

Midway

Publisher

Midway Games

Platforms

Arcade

Game modes

single-player video game, multiplayer video game

Released

1981-01-01

Gorf is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed by Dave Nutting Associates and published by Midway Manufacturing for arcades. It features five distinct levels, the first of which is based on Space Invaders and another on Galaxian. The game makes use of synthesized speech for the Gorfian robot which taunts the player, powered by a speech chip. Gorf allows the player to buy two additional lives per quarter before starting the game, for a maximum of seven lives.

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