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Secondary attack

Video game concept

Player can use a secondary attack/weapon that doesn't need switching to to be usable. Commonly something quick to use on the side.

85
games
34
platforms
Xevious (Atari ST)
Xevious
ST 1987
Sniper: Ghost Warrior (Windows)
Sniper: Ghost Warrior
WIN 2010-06-08
Super Xevious (Arcade)
Super Xevious
ARCD 1984
Vanguard II (Arcade)
Vanguard II
ARCD 1984
Aliens: Colonial Marines (Windows)
Aliens: Colonial Marines
WIN 2013-02-12
Gradius (Sharp X1)
Gradius
SX1 1986
Xevious (ZX Spectrum)
Xevious
SPC 1987
Xevious Mini (Mobile phone)
Xevious Mini
MOB 2008
Rayforce (Arcade)
Rayforce
ARCD 1993
Pop'n Twinbee (Super Nintendo)
Pop'n Twinbee
SNES 1993-03-26
Wanted: Weapons of Fate (Windows)
Wanted: Weapons of Fate
WIN 2009-03-24
Nemesis (Amstrad CPC)
Nemesis
CPC 1987
NOT for cases where the secondary attack is a weapon you switch to, though it essentially is another weapon. This is to omit cases where player can have multiple weapons that they freely switch from one to other.
Related:
* Alternate attack
* Gun clubbing - a common secondary attack in first-person shooters.

The first Secondary attack video game was released in 1981.

Konami, Namco and Sega published most of these games.

Parent group

Attacking

Platforms

Arcade 20
Windows 15
X360 4
C64 4
Linux 3
NES 3
ZX Spectrum 3
PS3 3
SNES 2
Sharp X1 2
PS 2
Amstrad CPC 2
NEC PC8801 1
X68000 1
Wii U 1
Xbox 1
BeOS 1
Atari 7800 1
Famicom Disk System 1
Tomy Tutor 1
Vectrex 1
PSP 1
Mega Drive 1
Mac OS X 1
PC Engine 1
Apple II E 1
MSX 1
MSX2 1
Atari 5200 1
GB 1

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