Air Buster - Trouble Specialty

36 Years old Arcade Video game NAMCO, Ltd. [Japan]

Air Buster - Trouble Specialty © 1990 NAMCO, Ltd.

A horizontally scrolling shoot'em up game.

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TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Main CPU: (3x) Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips: YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 3 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick.
Buttons: 2
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TRIVIA

Released in January 1990 in Japan.

The second level of Air Buster was clearly the inspiration for the 3rd level of 'Turrican 2'.

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Air Buster - PCCB-00025) on 21/04/1990.

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STAFF

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Developed by Kaneko.

Software: S. Igarashi (To-y), H. Takeuchi (Tiny-Tomo)
Graphics: K. Matsuoka, N. Obana, T. Konakawa
Hardware: H. Mikami, H. Nagayoshi
Music composed by: Tatsuya Watanabe
Sound operate: S. Aizu
Test game: F. Komori, K. Niihara, T. Okamoto
Total coordinate: S. Igarashi (To-y)
General producer: Hiroshi Kaneko

PORTS

CONSOLES

Nec PC Engine (1990) "Aero Blasters"

Sega Mega Drive (1991) "Aero Blasters"

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Game's manual.
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Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
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