Pleiades (video game)

Pleiades / Pleiads
Marquee of the licensed Centuri version
Developer(s)Tehkan
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Arcade
Release
  • JP: April 1981
  • NA: June 1981
  • EU: 1981
Genre(s)Fixed shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Pleiades (プレアデス) is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed and published by Tehkan for arcades. It was released by Centuri in North America. It is the first game to be developed by Tehkan, later Tecmo and Koei Tecmo. The name is shown on the title screen as Pleiads. The title comes from the mythical Greek Pleiades, the seven daughters of the titan Atlas.