Brain
This is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up, in the style of Gradius. You play as a helicopter gunship, and when you enter a building as a spaceman(who can shoot in eight directions). Interestingly, you can manually…
Brain is an arcade developed by Coreland, released 31 December 1986 on Arcade.
What Brain is
Brain is an arcade game developed by Coreland and released in 1986. It was published by Sega. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This is a side-scrolling shoot-'em-up, in the style of Gradius. You play as a helicopter gunship, and when you enter a building as a spaceman(who can shoot in eight directions). Interestingly, you can manually scroll up and down as the game scrolls right, but cannot scroll backwards. Destroyed enemies leave power-ups (improving your firepower), smart-bombs which trigger on collecting them, and floppy disks which you must collect to win the game. Another factor is your oxygen level, which shows as an air meter at the bottom (you can gain more air through each stage). There are end-of-level bosses.
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
Brain launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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