Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special is a shooter, released 31 December 1990 on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
What Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special is
Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special was released in 1990. It is available on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special (ヘビーユニット メガドライブスペシャル) is a 1990 Sega Mega Drive shoot-'em-up developed by Kaneko and published by Toho exclusively in Japan. It is a port of Kaneko's 1988 arcade shoot-'em-up Heavy Unit. Humans have developed an artificial planet, "Le Tau," which is being attacked by aliens, and only the Heavy Unit transforming ship can stop them. A and C shoot; rapidfire is an option. B drops a bomb, which you have an unlimited supply of but must collect as a powerup. Among the various powerups is one, labeled T, that transforms your ship into a mecha and back, which plays identically, except its bombs will home in on enemies.
How it plays
Its themes are action.
What it launched against
Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special launched on 31 December 1990, within three weeks of Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound and Colorado.
Released around the same time: Sengoku, A-Train, Spellbound, Colorado.
Quick answers
Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special — frequently asked questions
When did Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special come out?
Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special was released on 31 December 1990 for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
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