Air Buster (Genesis)

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Description

Air Buster is a fast side-scrolling shooter. The player controls a small craft through different levels with many enemies. Every level ends with a boss and some sections speed up the gameplay, offering fast obstacle courses both horizontally and vertically scrolling. Flying orange pods release many power-ups at once, enhancing the ships with new or more powerful lasers, wing men and shields. The player can also hold the fire key to charge a blast that removes all enemy bullets from the screen and deals damage to all enemies. With an unforgiving difficulty, every hit is fatal, but the game can be continued from any point as long as there are lives and credits left. The game can be played with two players cooperatively.

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Alternate Titles

• "Aero Blasters" -- TurboGrafx-16/Genesis Japanese title
• "エアロブラスターズ" -- Japanese spelling

Part of the Following Group

• Genre: Scrolling shoot 'em up

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Critic Reviews

Power Play	May, 1991	80 out of 100	80
Classic-games.net	Aug 19, 2020	8 out of 10	80
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Apr, 1991	80 out of 100	80
Sega-16.com	Oct 02, 2006	8 out of 10	80
Joystick (French)	Apr, 1991	80 out of 100	80
Mean Machines	Mar, 1991	80 out of 100	80
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	Jun, 1991	785 out of 1000	78
The Video Game Critic	Nov 20, 2010	B	75
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Apr, 1991	8.4 out of 12	70
Oldies Rising	Jan 21, 2011	8 out of 20	40

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The US version came with a free Kaneko video glove.