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Cyber Sled

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Overview

Cyber Sled is a 1993 vehicular combat shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It later received a port to the PlayStation. It later received a sequel in 1994, Cyber Commando.

Cyber Sled involves maneuvering a hovercraft style tank through a futuristic arena and fighting to eliminate an opponent (either another player or the computer). Various power-ups are available throughout the game, which feature improved radar, extra missiles, and shield re-charging. There are walls and other obstacles in the arena, which can be useful for hiding as well as a hindrance, and some of which can be destroyed. Each player can choose from among eight different tanks, which vary from slow but heavily shielded, to quick but vulnerable. Player's viewpoint can be either from the cockpit, or from behind the vehicle.

The arcade game was first published by Namco in Japan on March 27, 1993 and later in North America by Namco America in October. The game was also released in Europe during 1993. The original arcade version was released for the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on May 19, 2009.

Game Machine listed Cyber Sled as being the second most popular arcade game in Japan during October 1993. Play Meter listed it to be the twenty-second most-popular arcade game at the time in North America during December 1993. By January 1994, Namco America were reporting average monthly collections between $827 and $1,230 per unit at select US arcades.