Bob's Retro Reviews



Action Fighter

アクション ファイター
Action Fighter Title Action Fighter Screenshot

Platform Master System Year 1986
Publisher Sega Developer Sega
Region NA Language English
Tags Action, Driving, Shoot'em Up, Two Player, Arcade Conversion
Platform Master System
Year 1986
Publisher Sega
Developer Sega
Region NA
Language English
Tags Action, Driving, Shoot'em Up, Two Player, Arcade Conversion

Action Fighter is a vertical racing and shoot'em up game where you drive three different vehicles each with weapons and are tasked a taking out an end of level boss enemy. Vehicles include a motorcycle, a race car, and a flying race car. Advancing to the next part of the stage might require collecting dropped letters and you can upgrade you weapons by driving into the back of a SEGA van.
 
Good Bad
  • Good sense of speed
  • You don't lose lives until the timer has depleted
  • Incredibly repetitive
  • One hit deaths
  • Initial motorcycle vehicle is the most difficult to keep on the road
  • Enemy vehicles constantly bump you off the road
  • Flying segments include a mostly pointless ground attack
  • Annoying enemy patterns
  • Lacks a lot of content from the arcade version
  • Branching roads have no purpose
  • All levels look very similar
Good
  • Good sense of speed
  • You don't lose lives until the timer has depleted
 
Bad
  • Incredibly repetitive
  • One hit deaths
  • Initial motorcycle vehicle is the most difficult to keep on the road
  • Enemy vehicles constantly bump you off the road
  • Flying segments include a mostly pointless ground attack
  • Annoying enemy patterns
  • Lacks a lot of content from the arcade version
  • Branching roads have no purpose
  • All levels look very similar
 
3 Too many compromises were made when converting this from the arcade version and it turned a simple action game into a boring, frustrating mess. If you play, make sure to use the built in cheats (enter them in as your name).

Action Fighter Screenshot 2 Action Fighter Screenshot 3

Cheats