About the game
Tailgunner is a video game released in 1979 for Arcade. VG90 lists it as a reference record so the title stays discoverable alongside the thousands of other releases that defined the early cartridge-and-arcade boom.
the early cartridge-and-arcade boom was a period of rapid change for the medium: the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. Placing Tailgunner in that timeline shows where it sat as the industry evolved.
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Why it matters
The value of a record like this is context: the early cartridge-and-arcade boom produced far more games than the handful everyone remembers, and the arcade was king and the first home consoles were racing to catch up. An archive earns its keep by preserving the long tail, not just the hits.
Technical notes
Platform on record: Arcade. Release year: 1979. Details are drawn from public catalogue metadata; corrections and additions are welcome through the archive.
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