Astro Warrior

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Astro Warrior
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Sega
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1986-12-14 ¥5,0005,000 G-1312 US 1986-12 5069 BR 19xx KR 19xx GB-1312 UK 19xx £? ?

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Astro Warrior (アストロウォーリアー) is an early Sega Master System game developed and published by Sega in 1986. It is a very basic vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up, in which the player pilots a spaceship and is tasked with destroying as many enemies and structures as possible. At the end of each galaxy, there is a boss.

Astro Warrior was never released as a stand-alone game in Europe (bar Portugal), instead being bundled on the same cartridge as Pit-Pot in Astro Warrior / Pit Pot. In North America, it was bundled with Hang-On in Hang-On / Astro Warrior. The game was also brought to arcades through Mega-Tech hardware.

The game was re-released in Brazil and Portugal as Sapo Xulé: S.O.S. Lagoa Poluída in 1996, based on Sapo Xulé, a popular 1980s toy from Brazil.

Story

The Devil Star Imperial Forces are invading the galaxy. The Allied Forces have entrusted their Warrior, aboard the Astro Raider, to attack the invasion force and destroy their mother ship.

Gameplay

The game is a top-down shooter, taking place through three stages with a boss at the end of each. Each stage has many different kinds of enemies that attack in various patterns. After all stages are completed, the game repeats at a higher difficulty. The Astro Raider can be moved in any direction with the D-pad. It shoots with or , which can be held for continuous fire, though it is faster to press the button repeatedly. Power-ups drop down the screen after shooting a certain number of targets on the ground.

The player starts with three lives, and if all are lost, the game is over. If the player dies, all power-ups are lost. The player gains an extra life every 50,000 points.

Items

	Speed
	Upgrades the Astro Raider's movement speed.
	Triple Shot
	Changes the Astro Raider's weapon to the Triple Shot, which shoots three bullets simultaneously.
	Laser Shot
	Changes the Astro Raider's weapon to the Laser Shot, which shoots two laser beams simultaneously. Laser beams pierce through targets.
	Drone
	Gives the Astro Raider a support drone, which follows the ship and mirrors its shots. The player can have up to two drones at a time.

Stages

	Galaxy Zone
	Asteroid Zone
	Nebula Zone

Hints

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  US hints (color scan)

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  US hints (B/W scan)

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  US hints (with Quartet)

Magazine articles

Main article: Astro Warrior/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score Complete Guide to Consoles (UK) 82 Computer Action (DK) 100 Console XS (UK) PAL 67 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 69 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 67 Tilt (FR) 65

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Based on 6 reviews

Astro Warrior

Master System, JP
Cover
Manual

Master System, US ("No Limits" ℠)
Cover
Cart Manual Poster

Master System, US ("No Limits" ®)
Cover

Master System, BR
Cover

Master System, BR (Cardboard)
Cover
Cart

Master System, KR

Mega-Tech version

Mega-Tech,

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
?	CRC32 299cbb74 MD5 e645faa5628caab5129383fdbf4df090 SHA-1 901697a3535ad70190647f34ad5b30b695d54542	128kB		Cartridge (JP/US)