Lost In Translation/Aero Fighters
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| Manufacturer | Video System Co. |
| Released | 1992 |
| Control Method |
8-way Joystick 2 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | 68000 (@ 10.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Stereo YM2610 (@ 8.000 MHz) |
| Video Details |
Raster (Vertical) 320 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 1,024 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 8 ROMs 4,587,520 bytes (4.38 MiB) |
| MAME ID | aerofgt · aerfboot · aerofgtb · aerofgtc · sonicwi |
About The Game
Aero Fighters is a vertically scrolling arcade video game shoot-em-up in which the player chooses an ace fighter pilot from a selection of 4 countries (USA, Japan, Sweden and Britain) and takes to the skies to destroy enemy jets, boats, helicopters, gun emplacements and huge end-of-level bosses. Features colourful, detailed 2-D graphics and a good level of challenge.
Additional Technical Information
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (FIRE, SPECIAL WEAPON)
Trivia
This game is known in Japan as "Sonic Wings".
Red Rabbit from "Rabio Lepus" (also known as "Rabbit Punch") makes a cameo appearance in this game. Just check out Mao Mao's ending and you'll see it.
In Kowful's and T.B.'s joint ending, you can see plenty of "Turbo Force" arcade machines.
The game forbids the initials 'SEX' on the high score table. If you try, it gets changed to Japanese characters.
Tips and tricks
There's 6 different endings, depending on how you play.
Series
- Aero Fighters / Sonic Wings (1992)
- Aero Fighters 2 / Sonic Wings 2 (1994)
- Aero Fighters 3 / Sonic Wings 3 (1995)
- Sonic Wings Limited (1996)
- Aero Fighters Assault (1997, Nintendo 64)
Staff
- Credits
- Shin Nakamura
- Ogawa Hyone
- Armored Cruiser
- Wataru Yamazaki
- Alice Itoh
- Tako Bekku
- Neko ikeda
- Hikihara
- Manbow
- H. Motono
- K. Yamamotoya
- H. Hino
- You-Chan
- M. Tsukada
- Kazzo
- Y. Fukuda
- Y. Nakanishi
- Naoki Itamura
- Masato Arikawa
- Soushi Hosoi
- M. Sakakibara
- Hironobu Urata
Cabinet and Artwork
Aero Fighters arcade cabinet.
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Ports
- Consoles
- Nintendo Super Famicom (1993)
Soundtrack Releases
| Album Name | Catalogue No. | Released | Publisher | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonic Wings | PCCB-00118[1] | 1993-04-21 | Pony Canyon/Scitron | CD version. |
| Super Famicom Magazine Volume 9 - Square Music Collection & New Game Sound Museum | TIM-SFC09[2] | 1993-09-01 | Tokuma Shoten Publishing | CD version. |
| Oretachi Game Center: Sonic Wings | N/A[3] | 2005-07-21 | Hamster | CD version. |
References
