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For the Sega Master System game, see Air Rescue (Master System).

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Air Rescue

System(s): Sega System 32

Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Developer: Sega AM1^[1]

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-04^[1]	¥?	?
US	1992-03^[2]	$?	?
UK	1992	£?	?

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Air Rescue (エアレスキュー) is an arcade game for Sega System 32 hardware, released in 1992. It is essentially Choplifter played from a first person perspective, and has the same main programmer as Choplifter, Rikiya Nakagawa^[3].

Air Rescue was distributed as a two-player twin cabinet, however unlike its peers in this regard, it does not run on System Multi 32 hardware. Instead, the game is literally two System 32 boards stacked on top of each other, each driving a separate screen.

Air Rescue (1992) is considered a spiritual successor to earlier Sega helicopter arcade games, including Thunder Blade (1987)^[4] and Heli-Shooter (1977).^[5]

Gameplay

Missions

	Mission 1
	Emergency alert!! Emergency alert!! Come in, Air Rescue!! Checkpoint Charlie under enemy fire!! Landing zone is the tent site. Recover our men, immediately!! Good luck!!
	Mission 2
	Emergency alert!! Emergency alert!! Come in, Air Rescue!! Enemy raid on Jungle Outpost! Rescue isolated squads!! Heavy enemy fire reported, heads up!!
	Mission 3
	Emergency alert!! Emergency alert!! Come in, Air Rescue!! Mayday from Alpha Battalion!! Sighted by enemy recon, now engaged in combat!! Request immediate removal of the wounded!!
	Mission 4
	Emergency alert!! Emergency alert!! Come in, Air Rescue!! Confirmed hostile enemy activity in the Old District! Unknown number of wounded rported!! Show 'em what you're made of, now!!
	Mission 5
	Emergency alert!! Emergency alert!! Come in, Air Rescue!! Bombarded Oil Field on fire! Pull out the crew!! No one must be left behind!!

Production credits

Main article: Air Rescue/Production credits.

Magazine articles

Main article: Air Rescue/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

JP flyer

Photo gallery

Cabinet

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GamePro (US)

78

^[6]

Sinclair User (UK)

80

^[7]

	79
Based on 2 reviews

Air Rescue

System 32, JP

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 124
↑ RePlay, "Volume XVIII, No. 4: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 124
↑ File:Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book.pdf, page 30
↑ https://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/Thunder%20Blade.html
↑ https://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/heli-shooter.html
↑ GamePro, "August 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 20
↑ Sinclair User, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-18), page 41

Air Rescue
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Credits \| Magazine articles No results

Games in the Choplifter series, and related games
Choplifter (1985) \| Air Rescue (Master System) (1992) \| Choplifter III (1994)

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p124-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 124

[2] RePlay, "Volume XVIII, No. 4: January 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 124

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf_p30-3] File:Sega Arcade History JP EnterBrain Book.pdf, page 30

[https:.2F.2Fbcaweb.bai.ne.jp.2Fmiyooo.2FThunder.2520Blade.html-4] ttps://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/Thunder%20Blade.html

[https:.2F.2Fbcaweb.bai.ne.jp.2Fmiyooo.2Fheli-shooter.html-5] ttps://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/heli-shooter.html

[:File:GamePro_US_037.pdf_p20-6] GamePro, "August 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 20

[:File:SinclairUser_UK_124.pdf_p41-7] Sinclair User, "June 1992" (UK; 1992-05-18), page 41

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 ''Air Rescue'' was distributed as a two-player twin cabinet, however unlike its peers in this regard, it does not run on System Multi 32 hardware. Instead, the game is literally two System 32 boards stacked on top of each other, each driving a separate screen.
+''Air Rescue'' (1992) is considered a spiritual successor to earlier Sega helicopter arcade games, including ''[[Thunder Blade]]'' (1987){{ref|https://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/Thunder%20Blade.html}} and ''[[Heli-Shooter]]'' (1977).{{ref|https://bcaweb.bai.ne.jp/miyooo/heli-shooter.html}}
 ==Gameplay==