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Borderline

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Borderline

Dec 31, 1981

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2.00 average rating based on 4 ratings

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Borderline is a VIC Dual arcade game developed in 1980 by Sega. It is a shoot-'em-up in which the player controls a red jeep who must destroy the enemy refineries. Borderline was ported to the SG-1000 in 1983, and has also been released as part of the Sega Ages 2500 series in Japan. The second gameplay section was also recycled for the Atari 2600 release of Thunderground, though instead of driving a jeep the player controls a tank.
Release Dates
1981 (North_America)
Arcade
Jul 15, 1983 (Japan)
SG-1000
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Fun, Well-Made Arcade Action Game

Look: 8/10 Good colors. I like the title font. It was hard to get a screenshot of the vertical scrolling part, since you had to get past it to get to the digging part, but here's a screenshot of the digging gameplay enter image description here

And I got a sloppy screen ha, normally the ships unattached from the wall are facing you coming at you, but they start out doing the sort of "roll" animation that I liked that the "character" does too :-p enter image description here

Sound: 6/10 Not a big fan of the shooting sound effect. I like the very initial starting sound.. ha.

Play: 8/10 Yay! I felt pretty good at both the vertical scrolling and digging parts. The controls were definitely... unique. And the vertical scrolling was a bit jarring. It's a great, fun game tho!! Fast-paced, varied, and well-done. Oh, and I forgot to mention how fun it is to dodge :-p Nice to see collision masks improving so that the dodging part of action games can be more fun.

Feel: 8/10 Interesting to have both of these gameplays, I had a lot of fun and felt good at the vertical scrolling part. And then felt especially good at the digging …

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Look: 8/10 Good colors. I like the title font. It was hard to get a screenshot of the vertical scrolling part, since you had to get past it to get to the digging part, but here's a screenshot of the digging gameplay enter image description here

And I got a sloppy screen ha, normally the ships unattached from the wall are facing you coming at you, but they start out doing the sort of "roll" animation that I liked that the "character" does too :-p enter image description here

Sound: 6/10 Not a big fan of the shooting sound effect. I like the very initial starting sound.. ha.

Play: 8/10 Yay! I felt pretty good at both the vertical scrolling and digging parts. The controls were definitely... unique. And the vertical scrolling was a bit jarring. It's a great, fun game tho!! Fast-paced, varied, and well-done. Oh, and I forgot to mention how fun it is to dodge :-p Nice to see collision masks improving so that the dodging part of action games can be more fun.

Feel: 8/10 Interesting to have both of these gameplays, I had a lot of fun and felt good at the vertical scrolling part. And then felt especially good at the digging part. Apparently digging games are my thing? Dig Dug was one of the only arcade games I said I liked when young (I usually said I didn't like arcade games). Plus, I love loved Robby Roto. Anyway, both gameplay styles in this game felt fun.

Attachment: 7/10 Despite all these very positive things I have to say about it, I don't know how often I will be returning to it. Maybe if I need this very niche thing to show others? I dunno ha. It's definitely early, definitely memorable, and definitely worth a try if you like either shoot em ups or dig games which is pretty unique to say. Ugh hm, maybe this does deserve a boost. Welp, if it ever comes in my mind again and I give it another try, I will boost it then ;) For now, another excellent game I am glad I played!

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