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Acrobat Mission (1991)

UPL

Arcade · Super Famicom · Super Nintendo Entertainment System

3.17 from 6 ratings

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The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are available throughout the game - the wide shot (W) which spreads out in front of the ship and the … Read more
The players takes controls on one of two surviving fighters pilots, 'Jet' a male pilot and 'Nova' a female pilot and both flying the Icarus, a fast and powerful space-fighter, which comes equipped with a Standard laser. Two more weapons are available throughout the game - the wide shot (W) which spreads out in front of the ship and the Hurricane shot (H) which fires clusters of rotating balls of energy. Holding the fire button charges up a special attack and each weapon features a different energy blast and damage factor. The ships can also hold a maximum of two smart-bombs, one under each wing - although they can be activated by the players, they also do fall off easily and can be detonated by enemy shots. Interestingly, the Icarus can't collide with other ships or any part of the scenery - instead, it bounces off and only suffers damage from enemy shots. However, once the shield is depleted, the ship will fly out of control for a few seconds and grant the players a last chance to inflict damage to any remaining enemies before it explodes. Read less
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Details

Developers
UPL
Publishers
Taito, Teichiku
Genres
Arcade, Shooter
Themes
Science fiction

Release dates

  • Jul 1991 (Worldwide) Arcade
  • 1992 (Japan) Super Famicom
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Chovus

Status Chovus May 13, 2019

Beat on normal. Fairly standard vertical shooter though it had a few elements that really stood out. I liked how little thruster graphics display corresponding to which direction you move. I especially liked how you can carry 2 bombs and those counts as health points; take a hit and instead of dying you drop the bomb and still benefit from …

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Beat on normal. Fairly standard vertical shooter though it had a few elements that really stood out. I liked how little thruster graphics display corresponding to which direction you move. I especially liked how you can carry 2 bombs and those counts as health points; take a hit and instead of dying you drop the bomb and still benefit from the explosion. Also cool how there is no contact damage; crashing into enemies or walls does not kill you. How novel! Game would be ridiculously difficult with contact damage. As it stands, the last couple bosses are extremely obnoxiously difficult.

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