Space Bomber

28 Years old Arcade Video game Psikyo [Japan]

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TECHNICAL

Main CPU : SH-2 (@ 28.63635 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YMF278B (@ 28.63635 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette Colors : 5120

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (FIRE, CATCH)

TRIVIA

Released in July 1998.

Ver.B is much more common than the original revision.

Scitron / Gamest released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Pilots Kids, Space Bomber - SGCD-006) on 05/03/1999.

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UPDATES

Differences in Ver.B compared to the original:
- Intro: picture of man ("No, go to star") has been flipped horizontally
- Intro: spinning "Space Bomber" at bottom right is red instead of silver.
- "Game Over" image has different palette
- Lives counter are animated instead of a larger static image
- Story panes have been added between worlds and when the game is cleared, the original had none
- 'rankings' have been added on all clear ("CAT-2" etc.)
- Gameplay tweaks seem to consist of shrinking the size of bullets in a given encounter (e.g. third wave of bullets for boss 2-4, bullets from saucers in 1-4) presumably to make it a touch easier

TIPS AND TRICKS

* Play As Light blue ship : After inserting a credit, press Right(x3), Left(x3), Right(x7).

* Play As Tetris block : After inserting a credit, press Up(x3), Down(x3), Up(x7).

* Unlock Extra Maintenance : If you hold Test Button+PL1 Button 1 during boot, you get extra options in the test menu (Stage Select with choice of ships, BG Test).

STAFF

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Staff : Shin nakamura, Kunio asahara, Akihiko nasu, Koji Hamada, Hiroyuki ootani, Hajime itou, Noriko tomishima, Kazuhiro toba, Shiori saito, Masaki izutani, Katsuya shikanouchi, Katsuhiro nishida, Masayuki nakata, Masashi kajikawa, Yasuhide maeda, Hiroshi yamada, Shinichi yusa, Genbun kobayashi

SOURCES

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Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.
Official website; http://www.x-nauts.com/psikyo/product/spb/index.html