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Arrow Flash

Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy…

20 October 1990

Arrow Flash is a shooter developed by I.T.L, released 20 October 1990 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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What Arrow Flash is

Arrow Flash is a shooter game developed by I.T.L and released in 1990. It was published by Renovation Products. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

In the US version, players take control of Zana Keene, a pilot for United Government Space Force, and attempt to stop viking terrorists led by Great Hilagi using a transformable mecha-space fighter named the ERX-75 "Chameleon," developed by Zana's grand father Zerrek Keene. In the European version, players take control of Anna Schwinn, a pilot for United Government Space Force, and attempt to stop powerful alien empire named Zorgon V using a transformable mecha-space fighter named Arrow Flash, developed by Anna's father Herbert Schwinn.
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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

Arrow Flash launched on 20 October 1990, within three weeks of The Secret of Monkey Island, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe and Review: Jashin Fukkatsu.

Released around the same time: The Secret of Monkey Island, Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe, Review: Jashin Fukkatsu.

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When did Arrow Flash come out?
Arrow Flash was released on 20 October 1990 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

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