''Eco Fighters'' is a 1994 horizontally

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developed and published by

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as an

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. As suggested by both its titles, the game has an "eco-friendly" theme.

Gameplay

The game is a horizontal shooter, where the player controls a ship with a rotating weapon. This rotating weapon ensures that the ship does not require complex navigation to destroy enemy objects in inconvenient spots, while still needing to avoid enemy projectiles; this makes the game resemble more of a

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game than most side-scrolling shooters from Capcom.

Development and release

''Eco Fighters'' was developed by the same team from two

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arcade titles, '' The Power Battle'' and '' The Power Fighters''.

re-released ''Eco Fighters'' for the

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and

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in 2006 as part of the ''

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'' and ''

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'' for the PSP. The game was also playable on the

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online service.

Reception

Notes

References

External links

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