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{{quote|''Bite the dust, Space Cadet!''}}
''[[Gorf]]'' is an arcade game released in 1981 by [[Midway Games]], whose name was advertised as an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force" . It is a multiple-mission fixed shooter with five distinct modes of play, essentially making it five games in one. An innovation at the time, since video games had a level to clear only to have different level that looked the same but was a bit harder. It is well-known for its use of synthesized speech, a new feature at the time.
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Gameplay is broken up into five distinct "missions", each one essentially a minigame in its own right. Successfully completing all five missions will increase the player's rank and loop back to the first mission. The game continues until the player loses all of their lives. The player can advance through the ranks of Space Cadet, Space Captain, Space Colonel, Space General, Space Warrior, and Space Avenger, with a higher difficulty level at each rank. Along the way, a robotic, synthesized voice heckles and threatens the player, often calling the player by their current rank (for example, "Some galactic defender you are, Space Cadet!"). Some versions of Gorf also display the player's current rank via a series of lit panels in the cabinet.
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''Gorf'' was originally intended to be a tie-in with ''[[Star Trek: The Motion Picture|Star Trek the Motion Picture]]'', but when the game designers read the film's script, they realized that the concept would not work as a video game and changed its title. Even so, the player's ship bears a passing resemblance to the Starship Enterprise flipped upside-down.
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* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: The flagship on Misson 5.
* [[Boss Battle]]
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