Air Fortress
Air Fortress is a video game published in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in Japan in 1987 and later in North America in 1989. Only a total of 385 copies of the game were shipped to the…
Air Fortress is an arcade developed by HAL Laboratory, released 11 August 1987 on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.
What Air Fortress is
Air Fortress is an arcade game developed by HAL Laboratory and released in 1987. It is available on Family Computer and Nintendo Entertainment System.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Air Fortress has a fairly typical alien invasion storyline: the people of the planet Farmel, having recently gained the technology for space travel, eagerly explored the galaxy only to find a herd of monstrous "Air Fortresses" moving in their direction. Like the creatures in the later movie Independence Day, the Fortresses behave like interstellar locusts, consuming all of the resources and living things in their path. The Space Federation sends their mightiest fleet, but they are quickly eliminated by the powerful Fortresses. In a final gambit, they send a single warrior (Hal Bailman), outfitted with a shielded spacesuit, powerful weapons, and small lightship to infiltrate the Fortresses…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Air Fortress launched on 11 August 1987, within three weeks of Metroid and Double Dragon.
Released around the same time: Metroid, Double Dragon.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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Quick answers
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