Gorf

Gorf is an arcade video game released in 1981 by Midway Manufacturing, whose name was advertised as an acronym for "Galactic Orbiting Robot Force". It is a fixed shooter with five distinct levels, the first of which is based on Space Invaders and another on Galaxian. The game makes heavy use of synthesized speech for the Gorfian robot which teases the player, powered by the Votrax speech chip. Gorf allows the player to buy two additional lives per quarter before starting the game, for a maximum of seven lives.

This article is about the arcade game. For the comic book creator and cartoonist nicknamed "Gorf", see Jordan B. Gorfinkel.
Gorf
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Midway
Roklan Corporation
(Atari 8-bit/5200)
CBS Electronics (2600)
Nuvatec (ColecoVision)
Publisher(s)
Midway
  • Atari 8-bit
    • NA: Roklan
    2600
    • NA/EU: CBS Electronics
    VIC-20
    5200
    • NA: CBS Electronics
    BBC Micro
    • EU: Doctorsoft
    ColecoVision
    C64
    • NA: Commodore
Designer(s)Jamie Fenton
Platform(s)
Release
February 1981
  • Arcade
    • NA: February 1981
    • EU: 1981
    Atari 8-bit
    • NA: 1982
    2600, VIC-20
    • WW: 1982
    5200, C64
    • NA: 1983
    BBC Micro
    ColecoVision
    • WW: 1983
Genre(s)Fixed shooter
Mode(s)
  • Single-player
  • 2 player alternating
Arcade systemAstrocade

The home ports omit the Galaxians stage because the Japanese developer Namco owns the rights to the franchise.

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