aero fighters

The vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up ("shmup") Aero Fighters was originally an arcade game in 1992, ported to the Super Nintendo in 1994, and spawned two sequels. In Japan, the game is known as Sonic Wings. The player chooses one of four nationalities (USA, Japan, England, or Sweden), and proceeds to fly through seven enemy-laden stages, dodging massive amounts of enemy fire in order to reach the colossal end boss of each stage. Player 1 can only play as the Player 1 Side fighters (F/A-18, FS-X, AV-8B, and AJ-37), and if a second player joins, player 2 must play as the second fighter for player 1's nation (F-14, F-15, JAS-39, or Tornado IDS). The nationality restriction is removed in Aero Fighters 2, but the player-side-specific restriction remains. Most of the creative team that worked on Aero Fighters created Strikers 1945 and other shmups for Psikyo.

Aero Fighters

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