Sonic Wings 1992 Video System
1992
Sonic Wings (c) 1992 Video System.
Take your pick among 4 countries' ace pilots and take it to the skies to destroy enemy jets, hulking bosses and some strange hidden enemies in this solid overhead shoot'em up! Features solid 2-D graphic and a good level of challenge.
>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 320 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
>>> TRIVIA
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This game is known outside Japan as 'Aero Fighters'.
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.
Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Sonic Wings - PCCB-00118) on 21/04/1993.
>>> GAME SERIES
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1. Sonic Wings (1992)
2. Sonic Wings 2 (1994)
3. Sonic Wings 3 (1995)
4. Sonic Wings Limited (1996)
5. Sonic Wings Assault (1997, Nintendo 64)
>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Staff : 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
>>> GAME PORTS TO OTHER SYSTEMS
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* Consoles :
Nintendo Super Famicom (1993)
Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, 'Oretachi Geasen Zoku Sono 6 - Sonic Wings')
>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.