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Instruction booklet · October 1992

Phalanx

Shooter1 playerPre-ESRB

The story

A futuristic shooter, Phalanx is the name of the prototype starfighter flown by Wink Baufield, a genetically enhanced pilot. It is sent to protect and reclaim Delia IV, a planet in the Andromeda galaxy, which has been colonized by humans for interstellar research purposes.

Specifications

Released: October 1992
Developer: Kemco
Publisher: Kemco
Players: 1
Genre: Shooter
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Themes: Action · Science fiction
View: Side view

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 80/100 (8 ratings)
Famitsu: 19/40
GameFan: 89%, 87%
Super Play: 70%
Total!: 59%

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Vol. 2 · No. 59Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of October 2, 1992

Oct. 2

Pittsburgh International Airport's new facility opens in Findlay Township, near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The new terminal is built as an expansion for USAir and an upgrade from the older Pittsburgh International Airport facility.

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