The Steel Empire
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| The Steel Empire |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive |
| Publisher: HOT-B, Flying Edge (US/Europe) |
| Developer: HOT-B |
| Sound driver: Cube/Noriyuki Iwadare |
| Genre: Shoot-'em-Up |
The Steel Empire, called Empire of Steel in Europe and Koutetsu Teikoku (鋼鉄帝国) in Japan, is a 1992 shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive developed by HOT-B and published in the US and Europe by Acclaim-owned Flying Edge. A Game Boy Advance port was released in Japan and Europe in 2004.
The future is the Steel Age, where a military dictatorship called Motorhead enslaved the human population. The only hope for freedom is the Republic of Silverhead, who managed to remain independent, and who alone has the weapons to take out Motorhead. You control one of two Silverhead aircraft, the Striker and the ZEP-01. Striker is a military aircraft that can go fast but is somewhat weak. ZEP-01 is a zeppelin that is considerably slower but can handle much more damage. 
shoots to the right, 
shoots to the left, and 
launches a Super Bomb, which shoots lightning upon every enemy on screen. There are weapon enhancements, much like most other shooters, however they can be levelled up by collecting emblems throughout the level to fill up your EX bar (filling it up then getting one more levels up once).
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