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Aero Blasters (1990)

Kaneko

Arcade, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine

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Aero Blasters: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Kaneko and licensed to Namco. The game was originally released in the arcades in 1990 and was subsequently released for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 (as Aero Blasters) and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis (as Air Buster in North America) in 1990 and 1991 … Aero Blasters: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Kaneko and licensed to Namco. The game was originally released in the arcades in 1990 and was subsequently released for the PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16 (as Aero Blasters) and Sega Mega Drive/Genesis (as Air Buster in North America) in 1990 and 1991 respectively.

In Aero Blasters, the player controls a fighter jet also designed for space travel and shoots enemies, collects power-ups, and defeats bosses to advance levels. As a console game, Aero Blasters had the distinction of being two player simultaneous, which was rare among side scrolling shooters on home consoles at the time; all games in the Thunder Force, Gradius, and R-Type series were only 1 player on the home consoles. Read more

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Developers
Kaneko
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Science fiction
Also known as
Air Buster: Trouble Specialty Raid Unit · Air Buster

Release dates

  • 1990 TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine
  • Jan 31, 1991 (Japan) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Feb 1991 (North America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis