Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail

37 Years old Arcade Video game Data East Corp. [Japan]

Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail © 1989 Data East Corporation.

A vertically scrolling shooter from Data East. Choose 1 of 3 different jet fighters to save New York City and defeat the terrorist organization DAGGER.

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TECHNICAL

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Hudson Soft HuC6280 (@ 8.055 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 4.0275 Mhz), YM2151 (@ 3.58 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.757 Khz), OKI6295 (@ 15.514 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

TRIVIA

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Sky Fang - Operation Code Vapor Trail'.

This game is known outside Japan as Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation.

Soundtracks:
Kuhga - Pony Canyon/Scitro [PCCB-0002] (May 21, 1990)
Data East Retro Game Music Collection - TEAM Entertainment [KDSD-00366] (July 21, 2010)

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Option Screen: Press the Service switch and then reset the machine. If done right, you'll enter an options menu where you can select the starting stage, the loop, listen to the music and sound effects.

SERIES

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1. Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail (1989)
2. Wolf Fang - Ku-U-Ga 2001 (1991)
3. Skull Fang (1996)

STAFF

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Game Designer : Hironori Kobayashi
Developer : Min
Game Programmers : Min, Mya, Hal, HMD
Graphic Designers : T.A, F. Ohnisi, Takahide Koizumi, Kinya Aoyama, Nabesima, Sonomi Nagao, Kazumi Enomoto, Chika Shamoto, Makoto Kawamura, Inopita, Jun Matsuda
Hard Designer : Kenichi Fujimoto
Sound Creaters : Hiroaki Yoshida (Maro), Azusa Hara (Ahsa), Tatsuya Kiuchi (Kiwich), Fuse, Hitomi Komatsu, Joe Kaminkow

Special Thanks : Koji Akibayashi, Solomon, Yoshiaki Honda (Yoshi Honda), Kazuyuki Kurata, EX, Lungfish, Yoshiyuki Urushibara, Makoto Kikuchi (Thor-Kikuchi)

PORTS

CONSOLES

Sega Mega Drive (aug.2, 1991) Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail [Model T-49043]

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).
Game's screenshots.