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Air Attack

The player ships fly through a total of seven stages fighting many enemies and multiple end-level bosses. Each player ship had a semi-automatic Normal shot and Bomb Stock, appearing as a large Phoenix. Players…

1 June 1996

Air Attack is an arcade developed by Comad, released 1 June 1996 on Arcade.

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What Air Attack is

Air Attack is an arcade game developed by Comad and released in 1996. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The player ships fly through a total of seven stages fighting many enemies and multiple end-level bosses. Each player ship had a semi-automatic Normal shot and Bomb Stock, appearing as a large Phoenix. Players has a total of four different weapon pick-up items to choose from. Weapon 1 is the standard Vulcan weapon, Weapon 2 is a Rapid-Fire shot, Weapon 3 is an area-effect weapon that fires in five directions, two behind the ship and Weapon 4 is a Rocket weapon. Collecting four of the same weapon pick-up allows the selected weapon to flare-out. The player ship only had one hit though and there were no Extend Bonuses.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Air Attack launched on 1 June 1996, within three weeks of Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Final Doom, AH-64D Longbow and International Track & Field.

Released around the same time: Super Puzzle Fighter II Turbo, Final Doom, AH-64D Longbow, International Track & Field.

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When did Air Attack come out?
Air Attack was released on 1 June 1996 for Arcade.

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