Radar Scope Sonic Gamma Raiders 1980 T-Shirt

Radar Scope is a 1980 shoot 'em up arcade game where the player assumes the role of the Sonic Spaceport starship and must wipe out formations of Sonic Gamma Raiders. Gameplay is similar to other space shooters of the era, but viewed from a three-dimensional third-person perspective. The game was a huge hit in Japan, but that success didn't translate when it came to America. With 3,000 cabinet form arcade games manufactured, but only 1,000 sold amidst negative reviews, the 2,000 unsold units marked a massive commercial failure and created a financial crisis for the fledgling developer. On the upside, most of the cabinets were repurposed for a new game with a gorilla throwing barrels and oil drums at a carpenter/plumber that would be a hit.