Fire Barrel

33 Years old Arcade Video game Irem Corp. [Japan]

Fire Barrel screenshot

Fire Barrel © 1993 Irem.

An airplane shooter where you fire at enemy planes and tanks. Use a smart bomb to cause major damage to the enemy.

TECHNICAL

Irem M-107 system hardware

Main CPU: V33 (@ 14 Mhz)
Sound CPU: V30 (@ 7.159 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), GA20 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2
=> [A] Gun/Missile, [B] Bomb

TRIVIA

Released in February 1994 in Japan.

After the success of this Raiden, many Raiden-like game were released and Fire Barrel was one of them.

This game is known outside Japan as Air Assault.

SERIES
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1. Air Duel (1990)
2. Fire Barrel (1993)
STAFF
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Game designer: Shaka
Programmers: Denchan, R&R Aya
Designers: Maccoy, Yamachin, Core_1
Sound B.G.M: Rikei
Sound effects: Hiya
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).