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Fire Mustang
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Licensor: NMK
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shooting[1]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-11123

Fire Mustang (ファイアームスタング) is a shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in Japan in 1991 by Taito. It is a port of the arcade game USAAF Mustang, released by UPL in 1990. Both versions were developed by NMK.

Story

Players take part in a fictional World War II campaign as a USAAF pilot in a P-51 Mustang fighter-bomber against the German Luftwaffe and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

Gameplay

The game is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up set in World War II. The player is sent on missions in Europe and Asia against the German and Japanese naval air forces. Enemies consist primarily of aerial forces with occasional ground-based or naval targets.

The plane moves using the D-Pad. It shoots a single shot with A or rapid-fires with C. When the plane fires, it simultaneously fires a main gun straight ahead and drops a bomb at an arc toward the ground. Its weapons are upgraded up to two times by collecting power-ups. The first upgrade changes the main gun from a single direction to two directions in a slight spread and increases the maximum number of bombs dropped at a time from two to four. The second upgrade changes the main gun to a three-way spreadshot and increases the maximum number of bombs dropped at a time to six. The plane is also armed with the "Forcer," a limited-use special weapon that shoots a large blast forwards with B. The Forcer destroys enemies and projectiles caught in its path.

If the Mustang is shot down, it respawns after a moment with its weapon power reduced by one level. The game can be continued up to two times if the player runs out of lives. After completing the last stage, the game loops again from the beginning at a higher difficulty.

Items

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Shoot down to release one item.
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Shoot down to release two items.
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 パワーアップ (Power-Up)
Upgrades the Mustang's main shot, up to 2 times.
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 ストライクフォーサ (Strike Forcer)
Adds another Forcer to the Mustang's stock (up to 8).
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 1-Up
Gives the player an extra life (up to 8).

Stages

Some of the dates are historically inaccurate since the United States did not enter the war until the end of 1941, and the P-51 Mustang did not enter service until 1942.

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  • Fire Mustang, Stage 1 Boss.png

Normandy, 1940.6.6

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  • Fire Mustang, Stage 2 Boss.png

Truck Island, 1940.8.10

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  • Fire Mustang, Stage 3 Boss.png

Saipan, 1942.5.13

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Algeria, 1943.6.23

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Burma, 1943.9.15

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Alps, 1945.4.28

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Okinawa, 1945.7.28

Production credits

  • Produced by: Yousuke Ono
  • General Director: Yukio Tomonari
  • Program Director: Tamio Merry
  • Programer: Kazuhiro
  • Music Composer: Hide-Kaz
  • Character Designer: Ikezu Kenzi
Source:
In-game credits
Fire Mustang MD credits.pdf
[2]


Magazine articles

Main article: Fire Mustang/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Fire Mustang/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
76
[5]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
65
[6]
Cool Gamer (RU)
20
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
35
[8]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[9]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[10]
Games-X (UK)
84
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[12]
Joystick (FR)
68
[13]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
22
[14]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[15]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
59
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
59
[17]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
0
[18]
Sega Pro (UK)
64
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
55
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
58
[21]
Super Gaming (US)
67
[22]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
60
[23]
Sega Mega Drive
 53
Based on
21 reviews

Fire Mustang

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
FireMustang MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 eb7e36c3
MD5 93bf1aeebf5ab3c1a6ff204208d4518b
SHA-1 6daa07738b8f62659f2a3be01d3adc8557b879c5
512kB 1991-05 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  2. ↑ File:Fire Mustang MD credits.pdf
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81
  4. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 29
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-05), page 64
  6. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130
  7. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 86
  8. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "August 1991" (UK; 1991-07-15), page 96
  9. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 315
  10. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-xx-xx" (JP; 1991-06-14), page 19
  11. ↑ Games-X, "21st-26th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-21), page 37
  12. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-02), page 41
  13. ↑ Joystick, "Juillet/Août 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 176
  14. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  15. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "August 1991" (JP; 1991-07-08), page 123
  16. ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
  17. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  18. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  19. ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-12), page 18
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  21. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  22. ↑ Super Gaming, "Fall 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 6
  23. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
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