Scramble Spirits
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Developer(s) | Sega |
Publisher(s) | Sega |
Designer(s) | Hoko Chan |
Programmer(s) | Night Emperor Mam Issei Kun |
Artist(s) | Ojisama Panda Nosa |
Composer(s) | Tohru Nakabayashi Yasuhiro Kawakami |
Platform(s) | Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MSX, Master System, ZX Spectrum |
Release | July 29, 1988[1] |
Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player, two-player |
Arcade system | Sega System 24 |
Scramble Spirits[a] is a vertically scrolling shooter game released for the arcades by Sega in 1988. It was ported to the Master System the same year, then to other home consoles and computers in 1990.[2]
Gameplay[]
The player starts out with a propelled plane that can fire air-to-air twin machine guns and air-to-ground rockets. These weapons are used for destroying waves of enemy planes and ground and sea units. The main plane is destroyed by one hit. If a certain enemy is destroyed the player can collect a comrade fighter to fight alongside the main plane. Up to two comrade fighters can be collected. The comrade fighters can be assigned to fight in the air to fire bullets or they can be assigned to fight at low altitude to fire air-to-ground rockets. The comrade fighters can also be launched to do a kamikaze attack explosion against the enemy. After kamikaze attacks, the comrade fighters are retrievable, but they are lost if they are shot or crash into an enemy. In some areas of certain stages, the player will fly at a lower altitude armed with only twin machine guns and shooting down parked planes and turrets and can take a limited amount of damage from multiple shots and crashes. At the end of each stage, the player must destroy a boss vehicle to proceed.
Reception[]
In Japan, Game Machine listed Scramble Spirits on their November 15, 1988 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[3]
Notes[]
References[]
- ^ "Scramble Spirits (Registration Number PA0000387808)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "Scramble Spirits". Arcade History. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 344. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 November 1988. p. 25.
External links[]
- Video game articles needing translation from Japanese Wikipedia
- 1988 video games
- Amiga games
- Arcade video games
- Atari ST games
- Amstrad CPC games
- Commodore 64 games
- MSX games
- Master System games
- ZX Spectrum games
- Vertically scrolling shooters
- Video games scored by Yasuhiro Kawakami