One of my favourite horizontal shooters. It has many nice touches. Not the hardest game ever, but definitely one of the most fun. Back in the day I could beat this game on a credit.
Terry D Thompson bro go to coolroms.com and search that game there you can get it download and play it again i am playing this game currently:) but on computers
when i was 8 years old .i use to play this game . i wonder now at that time my fighter jet was never been touched by enemies .it was fully perfect shot . and i still remember this game .that he missed a treasure on one stage at 10.08 time .probably some i forget now .
It truly is. All because of the poorly programmed timing of the jets, coupled with the fact that once you kill the boss you can't hit enemies anymore. :( Now for some REAL fun try getting a perfect on stage 8. Ouch. Awesome playthrough though. Funny how you got nailed at the EXACT spot I always do with the 3rd boss as well.
Great run and one of my favourite arcade classics. Of course to get the good ending you have to beat the whole game on one credit which you do in fine style. Apologises and being random does the person who gives you the mission briefing looks like Sean Connery!
I agree to the fact, after ten years, that this is the most professional gameplay of this wonderful game. But non 100% complete! You lost three enemies at mission 8!
Wait, you mean this isn't just a reskin of the Area88 arcade game? It's so similar, I figured they just changed the arcade game up for the North American release or something!
It just explodes; which is good because I hate it anyway. For bosses I actually like on the game, I just time them out. It's kinda' fun; I dodge all their attacks without firing a shot. The black bomber (stage 1) and the golden bomber (stage 7) are my favorite aerial bosses, and they just leave when they time out. I like to think they'll go home and choose a life of good rather than evil. lol The super submarine (stage 6) is a bit trickier because she attacks so aggressively. But I timed her out with no damage to her or me. You can actually see the sub's back end when you fly past her after time is up.
Kwaj The situation is even weirder in the prequel to Carrier Airwing called U.N. Squadron where if you fool around during a boss battle, instead of the boss getting bored and leaving, the fight abruptly stops and says mission failed which is even worse because you don't know when the fight will abruptly stop.
It's funny you mention UN Squadron. Without firing a shot, I timed out the large, tracked missile carrier boss at the end of the cavern level. When I got the 'mission failed' on the screen, the boss launched this huge missile that flies off the screen. Nothing happened after that and I went on to the next level, but it would've been *SO* awesome if the game showed a cutscene of that missile detonating with a nuclear blast over the Area 88 base and just ending the game with a mushroom cloud onscreen. lol
+Jac2Mac It doesn't time out. It HAS to be destroyed. I waited forever to see if it would time out. Damn near 10 minutes before I decided to just finish it.
