Fire Mustang

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Fire Mustang
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer: NMK
Licensor: NMK
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: NMK
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1991-05-31 ¥6,8006,800 T-11123

Fire Mustang (ファイアームスタング) is a shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in Japan in 1991 by Taito. It is a port of the arcade game USAAF Mustang, released by UPL in 1990. Both versions were developed by NMK.

Story

Players take part in a fictional World War II campaign as a USAAF pilot in a P-51 Mustang fighter-bomber against the German Luftwaffe and the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

Gameplay

Forcer

The game is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up set in World War II. The player is sent on missions in Europe and Asia against the German and Japanese naval air forces. Enemies consist primarily of aerial forces with occasional ground-based or naval targets.

The plane moves using the D-Pad. It shoots a single shot with or rapid-fires with . When the plane fires, it simultaneously fires a main gun straight ahead and drops a bomb at an arc toward the ground. Its weapons are upgraded up to two times by collecting power-ups. The first upgrade changes the main gun from a single direction to two directions in a slight spread and increases the maximum number of bombs dropped at a time from two to four. The second upgrade changes the main gun to a three-way spreadshot and increases the maximum number of bombs dropped at a time to six. The plane is also armed with the "Forcer," a limited-use special weapon that shoots a large blast forwards with . The Forcer destroys enemies and projectiles caught in its path.

If the Mustang is shot down, it respawns after a moment with its weapon power reduced by one level. The game can be continued up to two times if the player runs out of lives. After completing the last stage, the game loops again from the beginning at a higher difficulty.

Items

	Shoot down to release one item.
	Shoot down to release two items.
	パワーアップ (Power-Up)
	Upgrades the Mustang's main shot, up to 2 times.
	ストライクフォーサ (Strike Forcer)
	Adds another Forcer to the Mustang's stock (up to 8).
	1-Up
	Gives the player an extra life (up to 8).

Stages

Some of the dates are historically inaccurate since the United States did not enter the war until the end of 1941, and the P-51 Mustang did not enter service until 1942.

	Normandy, 1940.6.6
	Truck Island, 1940.8.10
	Saipan, 1942.5.13
	Algeria, 1943.6.23
	Burma, 1943.9.15
	Alps, 1945.4.28
	Okinawa, 1945.7.28

Production credits

• Produced by: Yousuke Ono
• General Director: Yukio Tomonari
• Program Director: Tamio Merry
• Programer: Kazuhiro
• Music Composer: Hide-Kaz
• Character Designer: Ikezu Kenzi

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In-game credits

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 40 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 65 Consoles + (FR) 76 Console XS (UK) NTSC-J 65 Cool Gamer (RU) 20 Computer & Video Games (UK) 35 Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU) 50 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 55 Games-X (UK) 84 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 40 Joystick (FR) 68 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J 22 Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J 62 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J 59 Mean Machines Sega (UK) 59 Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J 0 Sega Pro (UK) 64 Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J 55 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 58 Super Gaming (US) 67 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 60

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Fire Mustang

Mega Drive, JP
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