<s>
is	O
a	O
military-themed	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Taito	O
for	O
arcades	B-Application
in	O
November	B-Application
1982	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
is	O
controlled	O
with	O
a	O
joystick	B-Device
,	O
a	O
single	O
button	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
rotary	O
dial	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
pushed	O
in	O
like	O
a	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
seventh	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1982	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
's	O
overhead	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
formula	O
preceded	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Commando	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
by	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
SNK	O
shooters	O
TNK	B-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
and	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
follow	O
conventions	O
established	O
by	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
,	O
including	O
the	O
vertically	O
scrolling	O
levels	O
,	O
entering/exiting	O
tanks	O
,	O
and	O
not	O
dying	O
when	O
an	O
occupied	O
tank	O
is	O
destroyed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playing	O
as	O
a	O
lone	O
soldier	O
,	O
the	O
player	O
's	O
ultimate	O
objective	O
is	O
to	O
lob	O
a	O
hand	O
grenade	O
into	O
the	O
enemy	O
's	O
fort	O
,	O
first	O
by	O
fighting	O
off	O
infantry	B-Protocol
units	O
and	O
then	O
battling	O
tanks	O
before	O
finally	O
reaching	O
the	O
opponent	O
's	O
compound	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
repeats	O
again	O
with	O
the	O
infantry	B-Protocol
level	O
,	O
but	O
enemy	O
soldiers	O
become	O
increasingly	O
quicker	O
and	O
deadlier	O
in	O
successive	O
rounds	O
;	O
points	O
are	O
multiplied	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
level	O
played	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
arcade	B-Application
coin-up	O
release	O
,	O
ports	O
of	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
were	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
ColecoVision	B-Device
console	O
and	O
PC-8801	B-Device
and	O
Sharp	B-Device
X1	I-Device
computers	O
in	O
1983	O
,	O
Atari	B-General_Concept
2600	I-General_Concept
and	O
MSX	B-Operating_System
in	O
1984	O
,	O
and	O
FM-7	B-Device
and	O
Nintendo	O
Famicom	O
in	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
success	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
Game	O
Machine	O
listed	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
as	O
the	O
seventh	O
highest-grossing	O
arcade	B-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1982	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Game	O
Machine	O
later	O
listed	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
on	O
their	O
June	O
1	O
,	O
1983	O
issue	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
twentieth	O
most-successful	O
table	O
arcade	B-Application
unit	O
of	O
the	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
had	O
limited	O
commercial	O
success	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
initially	O
high	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
upon	O
release	O
,	O
with	O
praise	O
for	O
its	O
originality	O
but	O
criticism	O
for	O
its	O
difficulty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
its	O
North	O
American	O
debut	O
at	O
the	O
Amusement	O
&	O
Music	O
Operators	O
Association	O
(	O
AMOA	O
)	O
show	O
in	O
November	B-Application
1982	I-Application
,	O
Video	O
Games	O
magazine	O
published	O
two	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
review	O
said	O
"	O
Taito	O
has	O
a	O
knack	O
for	O
coming	O
up	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
original	O
and	O
offbeat	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
business	O
"	O
with	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
being	O
"	O
an	O
example	O
"	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
while	O
noting	O
the	O
controls	O
are	O
similar	O
to	O
Taito	O
's	O
earlier	O
Western	B-Application
Gun	I-Application
(	O
1975	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
1983	O
Arcade	B-Application
Awards	O
,	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
was	O
a	O
runner-up	O
for	O
Coin-Op	O
Game	O
of	O
the	O
Year	O
,	O
behind	O
Pole	B-Application
Position	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
award	O
was	O
given	O
by	O
Electronic	O
Games	O
,	O
which	O
stated	O
that	O
this	O
"	O
arcade	B-Application
approach	O
to	O
the	O
dirty	O
business	O
of	O
infantry	B-Protocol
combat	O
forces	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
keep	O
moving	O
and	O
firing	O
constantly	O
"	O
and	O
the	O
"	O
action	O
is	O
non-stop	O
in	O
this	O
attractive	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
video	O
games	O
to	O
feature	O
a	O
ground	O
combat	O
theme	O
and	O
grenades	O
,	O
a	O
precursor	O
to	O
many	O
similarly-themed	O
games	O
of	O
the	O
mid-to-late	O
1980s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
earliest	O
overhead	O
run	O
and	O
gun	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
preceding	O
Capcom	O
's	O
Commando	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
by	O
several	O
years	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
was	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
SNK	O
's	O
TNK	B-Application
III	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
T.A.N.K.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
programmer	O
from	O
SNK	O
discovered	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
at	O
an	O
arcade	B-Application
and	O
thought	O
that	O
SNK	O
could	O
go	O
further	O
with	O
the	O
gameplay	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
improved	O
on	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
with	O
the	O
addition	O
of	O
a	O
rotary	O
joystick	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
with	O
Commando	B-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
to	O
produce	O
the	O
arcade	B-Application
hit	O
Ikari	B-Application
Warriors	I-Application
(	O
1986	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Jaleco	O
's	O
Field	B-Application
Combat	I-Application
(	O
1985	O
)	O
also	O
has	O
similar	O
gameplay	O
to	O
Front	B-Application
Line	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
spin-off	O
entitled	O
Sgt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
template	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
arcade	B-Application
game	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
set	O
within	O
the	O
DC	O
Comics	O
universe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
arcade	B-Application
original	O
was	O
included	O
in	O
Taito	O
Memories	O
Gekan	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
console	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
Taito	O
Legends	O
2	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
2	I-Device
,	O
Xbox	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Application
platforms	O
in	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Famicom	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Virtual	B-Application
Console	I-Application
service	O
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
June	O
2007	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
and	O
January	O
2014	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Switch	B-Application
via	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
eShop	I-Application
in	O
February	O
2019	O
by	O
Hamster	O
Corporation	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
Arcade	B-Application
Archives	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	B-Operating_System
PlayStation	I-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
in	O
January	O
2018	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
