Air Buster - Trouble Specialty 1990 Kaneko
1990
Air Buster - Trouble Specialty (c) 1990 Kaneko.
A horizontally scrolling shoot'em up game.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : (3x) Z80 (@ 6 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 3 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 768
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
>>> TRIVIA
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Released in January 1990.
Licensed to Namco.
The second level of Air Buster was clearly the inspiration for the 3rd level of 'Turrican 2'.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Air Buster - PCCB-00025) on 21/04/1990.
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Software : S. Igarashi (To-y), H. Takeuchi (Tiny-Tomo)
Graphics : K. Matsuoka, N. Obana, T. Konakawa
Hardware : H. Mikami, H. Nagayoshi
Music composed by : Tatsuya Watanabe
Sound operate : S. Aizu
Test game : F. Komori, K. Niihara, T. Okamoto
Total coordinate : S. Igarashi (To-y)
General producer : Hiroshi Kaneko
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nec PC Engine (1990, 'Aero Blasters')
Sega Mega Drive (1991, 'Aero Blasters')
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.