Vigilante

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51K plays 1989 #Action

Vigilante is a 1988 beat 'em up video game developed and published by Irem for arcades; it was released in North America by Data East. It is considered a spiritual sequel to Irem's earlier Kung-Fu Master (1984).

From Wikipedia's article Vigilante (video game), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Keyboard controls

TG-16Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
IIZN
IXM
SelectShiftB
RunEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

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Keyboard controls

TG-16Player 1Player 2
D-pad↑↓←→IKJL
IIZN
IXM
SelectShiftB
RunEnterSpace

Hotkeys

  • 1 Quick save state
  • 2 Quick load state
  • 3 Change save slot

Gamepads are detected when you press a button. Remap any key from the emulator’s Controls menu (gear icon).

Emulator help & troubleshooting

2.5 Could be better

Players 66 · 96 votes

No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.

Review scorecard

  1. Graphics 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
  2. Sound 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
  3. Control 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback
  4. Fun Factor 2.5 out of 5 Overall fallback

Overall fallback: Players 66 · 96 votes. The same 66/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.

What the reviews talk about

Key wordssmoothdetailedrealistic

What the critics said

  • Computer and Video Games gave the PC Engine version a positive review, stating it was "a good game, even second time" around, the graphics are "perfectly defined and beautifully" animated, and that "any beat 'em up fan should check out Vigilante without delay".

    — Computer and Video Games, 1989· about another version

From the Reception section of Wikipedia's Vigilante (video game) article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.

Scores

  • Computer and Video Games 1989 80%; 80% (other versions)
  • Your Sinclair 1988 8/10; 69% (other versions)
  • Crash 8/10 (other versions)
  • PC Engine Fan 1992 19.32/30 (other versions)
  • Sinclair User 6/10 (other versions)
  • Zero 1989 84% (other versions)

From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.

Full reviews

GamePro face key

  1. 1.0Wake me up when it's over0+ out of 100
  2. 1.5Wake me up when it's over+ thumbs-up40+ out of 100
  3. 2.0Could be better50+ out of 100
  4. 2.5Could be better+ thumbs-up60+ out of 100
  5. 3.0Good job68+ out of 100
  6. 3.5Good job+ thumbs-up75+ out of 100
  7. 4.0Great job!80+ out of 100
  8. 4.5Great job!+ thumbs-up85+ out of 100
  9. 5.0Outstanding!90+ out of 100

GamePro named the five whole-number faces; a thumbs-up adds half a point to the same caption. GamePro’s original rating-face design, adapted from Ryan Quintal’s 2018 vector recreation; cleanup for YouConsoles.

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