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Captain SkyHawk [Model NES-YW-USA]

Nintendo NES cart. published 34 years ago by Nintendo of America, Inc.

Listed in MAME

Captain SkyHawk [Model NES-YW-USA] screenshot

Captain SkyHawk © 1990 Nintendo of America, Incorporated.

The game player is the pilot of the plane and must both avoid the mountainous terrain while shooting aliens.

There are 9 missions in the game. Missions 1 through seven each have 3 objectives while missions 8 and 9 have 2 objectives and 1 objective, respectively.

The objectives vary across missions and include destroying an enemy base, dropping supplies, picking up a scientist, and docking with a space station.

The player can fire 4 types of weapons : Cannon, Phoenix Air Intercept Missiles, Maverick air-to-ground missiles, and Hawk bombs. The cannon is the only weapon with an unlimited supply. The rest of the weapons must be purchased between missions after docking with the space station.

The game is very reminiscent of the classic, "Zaxxon". The game features top-down scrolling overhead isometric graphics, including simulated 3-D terrain. The terrain mimics the look of flight simulators available for the PC at the time. The game player is the pilot of the plane, code-named the F-14VTS (a fictional version of the F-14), and must both avoid the mountainous terrain while annilating aliens.

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TECHNICAL

GAME ID: NES-YW-USA

TRIVIA

Released in June 1990 in North America.

Concept by Milton Bradley and Developed by Rare.

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TIPS AND TRICKS

* Extra Lives And All Weapons : To start with 9 lives and all the weapons, press Start and wait for the title screen to re-appear then press A+Down and press Start.

* Invincibility Code : When the letters on the screen (in the very beginning of the game) begin to fall off, press Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Start.

* Level Skip : During the game, on the 2nd Controller, press Up, A, B to go to the next stage.

PORTS

OTHERS:
Arcade [PlayChoice-10] "Captain SkyHawk [Model PCH1-R-YW]"

SOURCES

Game's ROM.