Stratovox, known in Japan as Speak & Rescue (スピーク&レスキュー), is a 1980 fixed shooterarcade video game developed and published in Japan by Sun Electronics and released in North America by Taito. It is the first video game with voice synthesis.[2][3] The player must shoot UFOs attempting to kidnap astronauts that appear on the right side of the screen. If all astronauts are kidnapped, the game is over.
Among the voices the player hears are the phrases "Help me, help me", "Very good!", "We'll be back", and "Lucky". The phrase "Help me" is played during attract mode. The Japanese version of the game features Japanese speech, such as 「助けて！」 ( "Tasukete!") instead of "Help Me!"
Bandits from Sirius Software for the Apple II (1982) is a Stratovox clone where the player protects fruit instead of astronauts. Spider Fighter (1982) for the Atari 2600 also has the player protecting fruit, and Digital Press described it as "much like the coin-op game Stratovox but w/o the voice."[4]
World recordedit
According to Twin Galaxies, John Brissie, of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, scored a world record 140,900 points on Stratovox on April 16, 2008.
See alsoedit
Berzerk (1980), another arcade video game with speech synthesis
stratovox, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, april, 2008, lea. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Stratovox news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2008 Learn how and when to remove this message Stratovox known in Japan as Speak amp Rescue スピーク amp レスキュー is a 1980 fixed shooter arcade video game developed and published in Japan by Sun Electronics and released in North America by Taito It is the first video game with voice synthesis 2 3 The player must shoot UFOs attempting to kidnap astronauts that appear on the right side of the screen If all astronauts are kidnapped the game is over StratovoxDeveloper s Sun ElectronicsPublisher s JP Sun ElectronicsNA TaitoPlatform s ArcadeReleaseJP May 1980 1 WW August 1980Genre s Fixed shooterMode s Single player Among the voices the player hears are the phrases Help me help me Very good We ll be back and Lucky The phrase Help me is played during attract mode The Japanese version of the game features Japanese speech such as 助けて Tasukete instead of Help Me Contents 1 Legacy 1 1 World record 2 See also 3 References 4 External linksLegacy editBandits from Sirius Software for the Apple II 1982 is a Stratovox clone where the player protects fruit instead of astronauts Spider Fighter 1982 for the Atari 2600 also has the player protecting fruit and Digital Press described it as much like the coin op game Stratovox but w o the voice 4 World record edit According to Twin Galaxies John Brissie of Milwaukee Wisconsin USA scored a world record 140 900 points on Stratovox on April 16 2008 See also editBerzerk 1980 another arcade video game with speech synthesisReferences edit スピーク レスキュー Japan Media Arts Database Agency for Cultural Affairs Gaming s Most Important Evolutions GamesRadar October 8 2010 p 2 Archived from the original on 2011 06 15 Retrieved 2011 04 27 Adlum Eddie November 1985 The Replay Years Reflections from Eddie Adlum RePlay Vol 11 no 2 pp 134 175 160 3 The Digital Press Virtual Collectors Guide Digital Press External links editStratovox at the Killer List of Videogames nbsp This arcade game related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Stratovox amp oldid 1220079851, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
