Stinger (video game)

Stinger is a horizontally scrolling shooter released in arcades by Seibu Denshi on 1983. It was the first game released by this company. Despite the horizontal scrolling, the game has a vertically oriented screen.
Gameplay.
The game consists of traveling around a space fortress meanwhile shooting aliens and spaceships. An object called "Bongo" could be used as a defense method. This object will shoot itself to the enemies for a few seconds.
Reception.
In Japan, "Game Machine" listed "Stinger" on their November 1, 1983 issue as being the sixth most-successful new table arcade unit of the year.