Air Assault is a shooter developed by Irem, released 1 June 1993 on Arcade.
What Air Assault is
Air Assault is a shooter game developed by Irem and released in 1993. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Air Assault is a 2D up-scrolling shoot 'em up game where you take control of fighter. The game is similar to Air Duel. You have to tward the evil plans of an organization called the Fourth empire over the span of eight stages. As you make progress and fight of various tanks, flying crafts, ships, static guns and bosses power-ups come available. Power-ups can be collected from capsules. Four types of guns are available: Balkan gun (broad strait shooting gun), Wing gun (broad arc shooting gun), graviton laser (strait narrow beam) and grenade (all direction gun). Missiles include the strait megaton missile and a homing missile. There is also a bomb that clears the entire screen. The game can…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and warfare. It supports multiplayer and includes co-op. Local play supports 2 players. Available modes: Co-operative and Single player.
What it launched against
Air Assault launched on 1 June 1993, within three weeks of The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Syndicate and Mayhem in Monsterland.
Released around the same time: The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening, Rock n' Roll Racing, Syndicate, Mayhem in Monsterland.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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