Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive | |||||||||||||||
Publisher: Kaneko | |||||||||||||||
Developer: Kaneko, Inter State | |||||||||||||||
Developer(s) of original games: Kaneko | |||||||||||||||
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up | |||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1-2 | |||||||||||||||
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Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit is a 1990 arcade shoot-'em-up by Kaneko which was subsequently ported to the PC Engine in 1990 and to the Sega Mega Drive in 1991. The PC Engine and Mega Drive ports were renamed Aero Blasters: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit (エアロブラスターズ) in Japan.
Contents
Gameplay
Pressing shoots and can be held down for rapidfire; some powerups depend on rapidfire. Button
also shoots but holding
will charge a flash attack which damages everything on screen. Once it is fully charged, release
to perform the attack; the player must then wait for the charge bar to empty (it will display a black bar telling how much time is remaining) before it is possible to charge another. Powerups can be found by destroying barrels scattered throughout each level.
Versions
Both home ports are pretty faithful, with the Mega Drive one being closer to the original game than the PC Engine version. The Mega Drive port runs fullscreen, features more detailed graphics, keeps most of the arcade version's parallax and has better sound effects. The PC Engine port features a slightly expanded ending.
Production credits
- Software: K.Matsumoto, M.Yoshida
- Graphics: H.Yokoyama, M.Taguchi
- Music Compose: T.Watanabe
- Sound Operate: K.Komatsu, T.Ohkuma
- Test Game: Inter State Staff
- Special Thanks: Kaneko Arcade Staff
- Total Coordinate: Y.Hojo
- General Producer: A.Uto
- "Air Buster" ("Aero Blasters" in the Japanese version)
- ©1991 Kaneko Co., Ltd.
- All Rights Reserved
Magazine articles
- Main article: Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
- Game Players Sega Guide! (US) #0203: "Vol. 2, No. 3: June/July 1991" (1991-0x-xx)[2]
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #12: "January 1991" (1990-12-08)[3]
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #13: "February 1991" (1991-01-08)[4]
also published in:
- Mega Drive Fan (JP) #14: "March 1991" (1991-02-08)[5]
Physical scans
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Technical information
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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512kB | 1991-01 | Cartridge (US) | ||||||||||
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512kB | 1989-01 | Cartridge (JP) |
References
- ↑ File:EGM US 020.pdf, page 58
- ↑ Game Players Sega Guide!, "Vol. 2, No. 3: June/July 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 77
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 91
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 90
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 102
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:ACE UK 45.pdf, page 72 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 14
- ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 128
- ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-08), page 31
- ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 100
- ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 126
- ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1991" (JP; 1991-01-07), page 41
- ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "April 1991" (JP; 1991-03-08), page 83
- ↑ Mega, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 85
- ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
- ↑ Power Play, "2/91" (DE; 1991-01-18), page 150
- ↑ Power Play, "6/91" (DE; 1991-05-10), page 136
- ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
- ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
- ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 86
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 6
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