Abadox

Abadox: The Deadly Inner War
North American cover art
DeveloperNatsume
Publishers
DirectorAtsushi Okazaki
ProducersTakashi Nagai
Tadashi Makimura
ProgrammersKimiya Sasaki
Seiichi Tajima
Kōichi Dekune
ArtistHidenobu Takahashi
ComposerKiyohiro Sada
PlatformNintendo Entertainment System
Release
  • JP: December 15, 1989 (1989-12-15)
  • NA: March 1990
GenreScrolling shooter
ModeSingle-player

Abadox: The Deadly Inner War (アバドックス, Abadokkusu) is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Nintendo Entertainment System published in Japan in 1989 by Natsume and North America in 1990 by Milton Bradley Company. It is in the vein of Gradius and R-Type, taking place inside the intestinal tract of a giant alien organism. Abadox has a high difficulty, and it takes one hit from an enemy projectile to be killed and restart from a checkpoint passed before death.