Scramble Spirits
Sega's take on the 1943 style of vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups was set in the future. Your fighter plane is aged and under-powered, yet you must face down large planes, tanks and ground targets to achieve…
Scramble Spirits is an arcade developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd., released 31 December 1988 on Sega Master System/Mark III, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Arcade.
What Scramble Spirits is
Scramble Spirits is an arcade game developed by Sega Enterprises, Ltd. and released in 1988. It was published by Grandslam Entertainments. It is available on Sega Master System/Mark III, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Sega's take on the 1943 style of vertically scrolling shoot 'em ups was set in the future. Your fighter plane is aged and under-powered, yet you must face down large planes, tanks and ground targets to achieve victory. Each level ends with a close-viewed section of particular intensity before finally facing a boss. Smart bombs are occasionally found lying around, and can destroy everything on the screen, although you can't use them on the bosses. A simultaneous 2-player mode is provided.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
What it launched against
Scramble Spirits launched on 31 December 1988, within three weeks of Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad and Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
Released around the same time: Last Ninja 2: Back with a Vengeance, Keith Van Eron's Pro Soccer, Laser Squad, Cybernoid: The Fighting Machine.
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