Gorf

This article is about the arcade game. For the comic book creator and cartoonist nicknamed "Gorf", see Jordan B. Gorfinkel.
Gorf
Arcade flyer
DeveloperDave Nutting Associates
Publishers
Midway Manufacturing
  • Atari 8-bit, 2600, 5200
  • CBS Video Games
  • ColecoVision
  • Coleco
DesignerJamie Fenton
PlatformsArcade, Atari 8-bit, Atari 2600, BBC Micro, ColecoVision, Atari 5200, Commodore 64, VIC-20
Release
February 1981
  • Arcade
  • February 1981
  • Atari 2600
  • December 1982
  • ColecoVision
  • May 1983
  • Atari 5200
  • October 1983
GenreFixed shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Gorf is a 1981 fixed shooter video game developed by Dave Nutting Associates and published by Midway Manufacturing for arcades. It features five distinct levels, the first of which is based on Space Invaders and another on Galaxian. The game makes use of synthesized speech for the Gorfian robot which taunts the player, powered by a speech chip. Gorf allows the player to buy two additional lives per quarter before starting the game, for a maximum of seven lives.

The home ports omit the Galaxians stage because Japanese developer Namco (now Bandai Namco Entertainment) owns the rights to the Galaxian franchise.

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