You get points for destroying air and ground targets. SCORING Scoring in this game is kind of complicated. Sky Kid is the first game from Namco to allow play for two players simultaneously. To this day, Namco is either releasing new arcade games or it is releasing old classics for the different gaming systems. Featuring cartoon-like graphics and different types of missions, Sky Kid would form the basis of several other Namco games based on the same type of gameplay. The game, however, did show that Namco was on the right track as far as games they released. Sky Kid was a game that didn't enjoy great success in the United States. Since the big arcade collapse of the early 80's had claimed quite a few arcade companies, Namco managed to fill the gap. Releases such as 'Gaplus', 'Galaga 3', and 'Dig Dug II' were some games that Namco released. After Namco ended its partnerships with both Midway and Atari, they started to release games in the United States. TECHNICAL Game ID: SK Main CPU: Motorola M6809 1.536 Mhz), Hitachi HD63701 1.536 Mhz) Sound Chips: Namco 8-channel WSG Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2 (FIRE, LOOP) TRIVIA Sky Kid was released in December 1985 in Japan.

Perhaps barnstorming would have been a better idea. As one moves farther up in the missions, it isn't uncommon to have multiple targets in one mission. The targets that Sky Kid must bomb will either be a fortress complex or a ship. Last, Sky Kid may have to navigate through some very inhospitable terrain or navigate around cities in order to get to the target. Second, there are both ground and air units that attempt to keep Sky Kid from accomplishing his mission.

Sky Kid must pick up the bomb en route to the target. First, the bi-plane is not equipped with the bomb. This would seem easy, however, there are a few obstacles Sky Kid must overcome to get to the target safely. These missions involved bombing specific targets. Sky Kid flies around in a bi-plane and is assigned specific targets during the missions. Sky Kid is a 2-D, scrolling shooter type of game. Arcade Video game published 37 years ago: Sky Kid © 1985 Namco.

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