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Category: Games
Sub-Category: Arcade
Platform: Arcade, PC Engine, Sega Genesis
License: Proprietary
Interface: GUI
Wikipedia: Air Buster
First release: 1990
Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit (Air Buster, Aero Blasters) – a horizontal scrolling shooter video game developed by Kaneko in 1990 as an arcade game. That same year, it was ported to the PC Engine console, and in 1991, to the Sega Mega Drive.
In the future, an orbital space weapon is seized by a terrorist organization demanding a ransom from the world. The game’s protagonists, Mike and Holly—members of a special unit—must stop the terrorists at any cost.
The player controls a space fighter and can fire its current weapon. Flying containers appear throughout the levels; destroying them releases several power-ups that quickly fall off the screen. These power-ups modify the player’s primary and secondary weaponry. The player can also use a weapon that destroys all weak enemies on screen; to do this, they must hold down a button until a special gauge fills up.
The game consists of six levels. The action begins in a city on a planet’s surface and gradually shifts to outer space.
A key feature of the home versions was the inclusion of a simultaneous two-player mode. Most popular games in the genre at the time—such as *Thunder Force*, *Gradius*, and *R-Type*—were designed for single-player gameplay.
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