Gremlin Font
Gremlin Font is a modern typeface built around a bitmap font initially designed by Gremlin Industries, and later used by Sega. It was first seen in the arcade game Hustle, though not in its complete form. Later games modified and added new letters until the font was pretty much standardized and used in almost two dozen games.
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List of games which use this typeface
| Title | Released | Platform | Developer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hustle | 1977-05-?? | Arcade | Gremlin Industries | First published game to use the font. Missing the letters B, D, H, J, K, Q, U, W, X, and Z. Uses an early N. |
| Depthcharge | 1977-09-?? | Arcade | Gremlin Industries | Adds H. Introduces the standard N which all subsequent games use. Missing B, D, F, J, K, L, P, Q, U, W, X, Y, and Z. |
| Blasto | 1978-07-?? | Arcade | Gremlin Industries | Missing B, D, J, K, Q, U, W, X, and Z. |
| Fortress | 1978-10-?? | Arcade | Gremlin Industries | Undumped ROM. Video of the cabinet shows it at least has the letters ACEGHIMORSTV and numbers 0-9. It probably has more in the ROM. |
| Frogs | 1978-10-?? | Arcade | Gremlin Industries | Has the full alphabet and most ASCII symbols. Published by Sega/Gremlin. |
| Space Attack | 1979-02-?? | Arcade | Gremlin Industries | Missing X and Z. |
| Head On | 1979-04-?? | Arcade | Sega/Gremlin | Full alphabet. |
| Head On 2 | 1979-10-?? | Arcade | Sega/Gremlin | Missing J, K, Q, W, X, and Z. |
| Safari Rally | 1979-10-?? | Arcade | Shin Nihon Kikaku | Full alphabet. New set of symbols. |
| Invinco / Deep Scan | 1979-11-?? | Arcade | Sega/Gremlin | Full alphabet. |
| Samurai | 1979-11-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Missing J, Q, W, X, and Z. |
| Car Hunt | 1980-01-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Full alphabet. |
| Tranquilizer Gun | 1980-05-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Missing F, J, K, W, and X. |
| Carnival | 1980-06-?? | Arcade | Sega/Gremlin | Full alphabet. |
| Digger | 1980-09-?? | Arcade | Sega/Gremlin | Full alphabet. |
| N-Sub | 1980-10-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Full alphabet. Zero doesn't have stroke. |
| Pulsar | 1980-12-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Full alphabet. Lots of symbols too. |
| Space Tactics | 1980-??-?? | Arcade | Sega/Gremlin | ? |
| Borderline | 1981-04-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Full alphabet. |
| Star Raker | 1981-06-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Full alphabet. |
| 005 | 1981-10-?? | Arcade | Sega Enterprises | Full alphabet. |
| Chack'n Pop | 1985-??-?? | Sega SG-1000 | Taito | Uses a bold version. |
| Fantasy Zone | 1986-03-28 | Arcade | Sega | Modified C, F, I, J, L, M, N, Q, R, S, V, X, Y, Z, and reworked numbers. |
| Loretta no Shozo: Sherlock Holmes | 1987-02-18 | Sega SG-1000 | Sega | ? |
| The Black Onyx | 1987-??-?? | Sega SG-1000 | Bullet-Proof Software | ? |
- Need to check Sega Enterprises 1985 and later.
