Stinger (1983 video game)

Stinger is a 1983 horizontally scrolling shooter video game released by Seibu Denshi for arcades. It was the first game released by this company. Despite the horizontal scrolling, the game has a vertically oriented screen. On July 24, 2025, the game was ported to Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 as part of the Arcade Archives series.

Gameplay

The game consists of traveling around a space fortress meanwhile shooting aliens and spaceships. An object called "Bongo" could be used as a defense method. This object will shoot itself to the enemies for a few seconds.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Stinger on their November 1, 1983 issue as being the sixth most-successful new table arcade unit of the month.