Blazing Star (c) 1998 Yumekobo.
A beautiful horizontally scrolling shoot'em up.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware
Game ID : 0239
Main CPU : 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 320 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 59.19 Hz
Palette Colors : 4096
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Ship name (pilot) > [A] Normal/Rapid/Charge attack, [B] Break attack
=> Hell Hound (Caster) > [A] 4 way shot/6 way shot/Deathflame, [B] Hell burst
=> Windina (Leefa) > [A] Wave/Tidal wave/3 way spread, [B] Homing
=> Aryustailm (JB) > [A] Laser/Lightning bolt/Sword, [B] Sword field
=> Peplos (Asayuki) > [A] 3 way shot/3 way fire/Holy flare, [B] Devil breath
=> Dino 135 (Naomi Y.) > [A] Shot/Rapidshot/Spreadshot, [B] Special scatter
=> Dino 246 (Kaoru Y.) > [A] Shot/Rapidshot/Chargeshot, [B] Bomber

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in January 1998.
Blazing Star is Yumekobo's first game developed and released for the Neo-Geo MVS.
KAORU.Y (The last ship at the character selection screen) is the lead character from 'Pulstar'.
Part of the 'Pulstar' / 'R-Type' team also worked on Blazing Star (see Staff section for more information).
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Blazing Star - PCCB-00306) on 18/03/1998.

>>> TRICKS AND TIPS
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* Stage Select : At the ship select screen, hold RIGHT and D on both 1 and 2-player sides, then select your ship. The next screen will be a stage select menu.
* While choosing a ship in the select screen, press C+D for an extra color ship.
* Asayuki and its Peplos ship can't power-up with any items.

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Executive producers : Akio Inove, Nobuyuki Okude
Producer : Takaya ida
Sub. producer : Isamu yutani
Director : Michio Sato
Main programmer : Minoru Yoshida
Sub. programmer : Taka / M. Sakae
Chief designer : Tomonori Nagakubo
Designers : Kyou Yamanaka, Izumi Senou, Saki, Shotabira, Yumetard, Tatsuo Shioda
Character designer : Daikichi
Design helpers : Mayumi Takeuchi, Itsuo Iton, Mitsuo Takano, Masakazu Ishizaki
Sound designer : Yasuaki Fujita
Music composer : Harumi Fujita

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.
Machine's picture.