Hellfire (1989) - Arcade Video game by Taito Corp.

37 Years old Arcade Video game Taito Corp. [Japan]

Hellfire © 1989 Taito Corp

Nice horizontal shoot'em up feature a selectable shooting direction.

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TECHNICAL

Game ID: TP-014
Prom Stickers: B90

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz), Zilog Z80 (@ 3.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM3812 (@ 3.5 Mhz)

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

TRIVIA

Hellfire was released on April 20, 1989 (Thursday) in Japan.

Early version title is 'Captain Lancer'.

Polystar released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Tatsujin: Toaplan Game Music Scene One - H24X-10005) on 25/06/1989.

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Hidden Functions : If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

STAFF

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Developed by Toaplan.

Music and Sound created by: Tatsuya Uemura

PORTS

CONSOLES

Sega Mega Drive (1990) Hellfire [Model T-25073]
Nec PC-Engine CD-ROM² (1991) "Hellfire [Model NAPR-1017]"

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).