Argus (video game)

Argus (アーガス, Āgasu) is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed by NMK in 1986 and published by Jaleco.

The game was included via Hamster Corporation's Arcade Archives lineup for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 on August 30, 2018 worldwide as well as in North America (PS4 only) on May 16, 2019.

In Argus, up to two players take control of a fighter jet Wol-Arg, whose goal is to shoot airborne enemies and on ground-based enemies, collect power-ups scattered throughout the levels, and defeat every boss to advance to the next level.

In Japan, Game Machine listed Argus on their March 1, 1986 issue as being the thirteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

Seigaku Dennou Kenkyuubu (進め!!静学電脳研究部, Shiawase no katachi), published in the Gamest Comics collection in April 1999, illustrated by Kouta Hirano.