Borderline (video game)
| Borderline | |
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| Developer(s) | Sega Compile (SG-1000) |
| Publisher(s) | Arcade
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| Platform(s) | Arcade, SG-1000, Atari 2600 |
| Release | Arcade SG-1000 Atari 2600
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| Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter, maze |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | Dual |
Borderline (ボーダーライン, Bōdārain) is a vertically scrolling shooter maze game released by Sega as an arcade video game in April 1981. The player controls a jeep and has to destroy enemy refineries. There are four stages with different gameplay. The first stage plays like a vertically scrolling shooter. In the second stage, the player maneuvers his Jeep through underbrush, and enemies can only follow on its path, a concept later found in Namco's Dig Dug (1982).
Borderline was reissued later in the year with slightly altered graphics as Star Raker. Borderline was a game for the SG-1000 in 1984. It was converted for the Atari 2600 under the name Thunderground, released by Sega's home division; it was one of the last games Sega released as a third-party developer for Atari. The SG-1000 and Atari 2600 ports received positive reviews from critics.