is a
vertically scrolling shooter
A vertically scrolling video game or vertical scroller is a video game in which the Player (game), player views the field of play principally from a top-down perspective, while the background Scrolling, scrolls from the top of the screen to the bot ...
released in arcades by
Konami
, is a Japanese Multinational corporation, multinational video game company, video game and entertainment company headquartered in Chūō, Tokyo, Chūō, Tokyo, it also produces and distributes trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, pachinko machin ...
in 1987.
Legacy
''Flak Attack'' was made available on
Microsoft's
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology corporation producing computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services headquartered at the Microsoft Redmond campus located in Redmond, Washingt ...
''
Game Room
Game Room was a social gaming service for the Xbox 360 video game system, Microsoft Windows PCs, and Windows Phone 7. Launched on March 24, 2010, Game Room let players download classic video games and compete against each other for high scores. ...
'' service for its
Xbox 360
The Xbox 360 is a home video game console developed by Microsoft. As the successor to the original Xbox, it is the second console in the Xbox series. It competed with Sony's PlayStation 3 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation ...
console and for
Windows-based PCs on September 15, 2010. It was also re-released for PlayStation 4 in 2016 and Nintendo Switch in 2020, as part of the Hamster Corporation's
Arcade Archives
is a series of emulated arcade games from the late 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows, and Nintendo Switch, published by Hamster Corporation. A sub-series called is focused on rereleasing Neo Geo ...
series.
Reception
In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Flak Attack'' on their September 15, 1987 issue as being the seventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.
References
1987 video games
Arcade video games
Konami games
Nintendo Switch games
PlayStation 4 games
Vertically scrolling shooters
Konami arcade games
Video games developed in Japan
{{scroll-shooter-videogame-stub
Hamster Corporation games