Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation
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| Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation |
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| Publisher: Data East |
Developer: Data East ( |
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up |
Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation, known in Japan as Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail (printed on box as 空牙 - Operation Code Vapor Trail), often referred to simply as Vapor Trail, is a 1989 shoot-'em-up by Data East, originally released internationally in arcades before being ported to the Sega Mega Drive by Telenet Japan in 1991; this release would only come out in the US and Japan. A sequel was released, which received a Sega Saturn conversion in 1997, titled Wolf Fang: SS Kuhga 2001.
Unidentified forces have taken over New York City, and a network of airborne military fleet is manned to reclaim the city. You play as one of three ships in the network: Sliph, a medium-speed attacker/fighter, Valkyrie, a low-speed attacker, and Seylen, a high-speed fighter. A second player can man a second ship for two-player combat.
Each of your jets has three main attacks: a single shot (
), rapid fire (
), and "Roll Bom" (
). Roll Bom appears to be a charge with a trail effect left behind that does not appear to do damage. Each fighter's regular shot is in a certain configuration: Silph shoots three shots straight ahead, Valkyrie fans four shots out in front of it, and Seylen shoots two shots straight ahead and two shots straight behind it.
Some levels, such as the first level, have a form of depth; certain enemies, like tanks, are on the ground and you cannot get hurt by running into them (though their missiles can hurt you), while running into other jets will hurt you.
Physical Scans
Mega Drive Version
JP cover
JP cart
