Fighter & Attacker
Fighter & Attacker, originally titled F/A in Japan, is a vertical scrolling shooter arcade game, which was released by Namco in 1992. The game runs on Namco NA-1 hardware, was the first game on this hardware to be released outside Japan (Bakuretsu Quiz Ma-Q Dai Bōken was the first overall) and is the only game from the company that showed the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Winners Don't Use Drugs screen in its attract sequence with vertical orientation (the two titles that displayed it previously, Tank Force and Steel Gunner 2, both displayed it with horizontal orientation).
- Genre
- Shoot-'Em-Up
- Year
- 1992
- Developer
- Namco
- Publisher
- Namco
- Players
- 4
P2P Netplay available on compatible cores
Fighter & Attacker frequently asked questions
How do I play Fighter & Attacker online with a friend?
Fighter & Attacker (Arcade) can be played online with friends using Etera's P2P netplay. Create a room in the launcher and invite your friend, who joins through the invite. Step by step:
- Download the Etera launcher for Windows or Linux and create your account.
- Ask your friend to do the same and add them to your friends list.
- Pick the game in the library and create a netplay room.
- Invite your friend: they accept the invite and join the room.
- The launcher keeps dependencies on the same version for both players, avoiding desync.
How do I play Fighter & Attacker on PC?
Download the Etera launcher (Windows or Linux), find Fighter & Attacker in the Arcade library and click to download. The launcher handles the emulator and setup for you.
Does Fighter & Attacker netplay lag?
Etera uses a direct P2P connection between players, which usually means low latency. Results depend on each player's internet quality.
Can I play Fighter & Attacker for free?
Yes. Every account gets a 5-day trial with premium features. After that, the free plan allows 3 new games per day and 1 netplay session per day. Premium raises those limits.
Play Fighter & Attacker on Etera
Download the launcher for Windows or Linux, find this game in the library and play solo or with friends.
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