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Play Vanguard (Japan) (Japan edition · Japanese) Online
Vanguard (Japan)
Play Vanguard (Japan) online. Fire in four independent directions through changing tunnel zones, restore fuel and use temporary energy protection.
Browser play
Arcade — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| RetroPad A / B / X / Y | Z / X / A / S |
| L / R | Q / E |
| Insert coin | V |
| START | Enter |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Vanguard (Japan)
Quick start
- Learn movement and each of the four firing directions.
- Destroy enemies to restore the draining fuel supply.
- Use an energy pod’s protection while keeping track of its end warning.
- At the boss, fire through the moving force-field gaps.
Controls
Movement and firing are separate. Four fire buttons shoot up, down, left and right independently. An energy pod temporarily makes the ship invulnerable and permits ramming enemies or tunnel walls.
Vanguard (Japan) — About this game
Vanguard (Japan) sends a ship through tunnel zones that change the scrolling direction between horizontal, vertical and diagonal movement. Four firing controls aim independently up, down, left or right, giving a way to answer a side attack without steering into it. Fuel drains during flight but is restored by destroying enemies. An energy pod temporarily protects the ship enough to ram enemies or tunnel walls, with a warning before the effect ends. Each tunnel closes with a guarded boss, requiring fire through moving gaps. Learn the independent shooting directions before the next zone changes the apparent forward route.
Vanguard (Japan) Game manuals
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · arcade
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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