Slowdown is kept to a bare minimum as this isn’t the most ambitious technically which helps.
The resolution is lower and the backgrounds feature slightly less detail but it is 90% there. The limited continues aren’t much of a deterrent to reaching the end but I also have to take into account that I’m more skilled with shooters than most.Īs a port the SNES version of Aero Fighters is pretty close to the arcade. The action picks up considerably toward the end but is slow enough that even newbies to the genre can handle it. It doesn’t really help and makes the bullet sponge bosses seemingly take forever to go down. Dying is a massive setback as only a single power-up drops. Power-ups drop at a regular clip and while no one weapon is overpowered none are at a disadvantage either. I think I’ll drop this here with no context to give you an idea of what I’m talking about:Ĭompared to most shooters of the day Aero Fighters is only moderately challenging. Aside from the random stage order the final boss is also chosen at random. Facing these early on kinds of ruins the pacing for some heroes, especially for shooter novices. There are certain levels that are clearly intended to be end game areas. It is interesting but also presents a conundrum for some characters. Each character plays differently but also has a different level order, at least for their first few stages. Unlike most games in the genre Aero Fighters has some amount of replay value. It moves a brisk pace, has solid action, but is never so frantic that it is overwhelming. It doesn’t try to be innovative with a unique scoring system or gameplay mechanic. The best way to describe Aero Fighters is solid. Outside of its character selection and weaponry it is as bog standard as they come. To a large extent these are Aero Fighter’s sole defining characteristics. As well as their standard weapons each character’s bombs differ as well, from a massive tactical nuke to a carpet bomb. One quirk about the power-up system is that your weapon’s highest level only lasts a brief period before degrading. Hien’s ship has powerful shuriken and heat seeking missiles. Villiam’s spread gun covers a wide area but is less powerful to make up for it. Keaton and Keith have the closest to your standard shooter weapons, with a straightforward Vulcan shot and missiles. It is goofy as hell but does give the game some personality.Įach ship/character comes with a unique weapon that evolves differently and alters your play style. The only ones playing it straight are the pilots from America. Sweden sends Kohful the Viking and Tee Tee to stop the invasion. Hien is a ninja from Japan, and his partner is an idol singer. And boy do they encompass a wide swath of stereotypes.
Each country has two pilots, one for both players. Aero Fighters borrows character selection from fighting games to give its gameplay variety. It would be easy to write it off as a generic military shoot em up which, to a certain extent, it is.
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The first in the series keeps its insanity in check and makes for a good old afternoon full of fun, nothing more, nothing less.Īero Fighters at first glance is an unassuming game. The second is its price: Aero Fighters 3 was at one point one of the most expensive games of all time. The first are their wacky story and characters that only got worse as the series progressed. Yet this long running series is memorable for a number of reasons. At a time when shooters were a dime a dozen it did not exactly stand out. It is also a game that is easy to forget. Aero Fighters is a thoroughly solid game, let’s get that out of the way.
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