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System:
Arcade
Genre:
Shoot 'Em Up
Publisher:
Banpresto
Developer:
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Players:
1-2
Release date/year:
1996
Other systems:
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- Air Gallet
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1996 Banpresto - Arcade
- Air Gallet is an awesome shooter that appears to have taken some pages from various shooter games with impressive visuals, excellent challenge and awesome audio. You take control of a fighter jet that must take on a massive enemy army. Over giant cities, massive seas and quiet neighborhoods, you’ll be able to take out the opposition with huge weapons of mass destruction. Though the game is typically like any other shooter you might play, there is plenty here that will keep you moving and keep the quarters flowing.
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-The Game Play-
As with most overhead shooters, the point of the game is to take out as many of the enemies as you possibly can without getting yourself killed in the process. The enemies themselves actually get tougher from the middle of the first stage on and some of the boss fighters are downright unforgiving. Just like the other overhead shooters, if you learn the patterns of the incoming projectiles and the enemies as they come into the screen, you’ll have the jump on whatever is coming your way. However, if you race full tilt into the mass of incoming fighters and other various enemies, then you’ll find yourself cornered without any chance of survival.
The armament that your fighter has is limited only to what you pick up during the intense battles. For each power-up capsules, you’ll be able to gain more powerful machine guns, lasers, homing missiles and an assortment of other weapons that are improved on each pick up. But, like most shooting games, if you go from one particular weapon to the next, you’ll find that the weapon is changed to the lowest setting. That will change your game plan up to the point of getting you at a disadvantage. You’ll just have to work with it and change your strategy accordingly.
Control isn’t a problem if you’re a veteran to the shooting game genre, and more of what you’ll find here is the same as everywhere else. You go through, avoid the incoming shots and keep yourself alive at all times. Picking up the weapon capsules will help you to stay alive and if you get backed into a corner, you can always hit the bomb and keep yourself at a safe distance. Scoring is pretty simple in which you pick up medals and other various objects to be tallied up at the end of each stage.
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-The Visuals-
Visually, Air Gallet is an appealing game that gives you plenty of detail in both the fore and backgrounds of the game. With the huge cities, you’ll get plenty of intricate detail in the locations and even the enemies all seem to have a life of their own. The further you move into the game, the more it seems that the detail gets better, though most of the explosions and weapon effects will keep your eyes glued to the action rather than to where you’re flying. Weapon effects are all pretty cool and detailed with vivid color, and even the intro screen is done with clean, crisp precision!
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-The Audio-
A killer soundtrack accompanies you through the game that changes from fast to faster depending on where you’re at in the game. Even though there isn’t much variation on the main theme, there is enough pace setting tone to it to keep your interest high. Sound effects in the game are also pretty evenly matched with the way that each of the weapons sound and the explosions that rock through the speakers. If you’re looking for theme and attention getting sound, then you’ll find it all here in Air Gallet, which is a switch from most shooter games these days.
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-The Verdict-
Air Gallet is worth playing through as long as you’re into the shooter genre. With the vivid visuals and the killer soundtracks, there is plenty here that should keep your interest in the presentation portion of the game. With a challenging interface that just keeps getting better with each passing stage, veterans will find this a joy to try and make it through without spending more than a couple of bucks. However, this game, when you boil it down is just like every other overhead shooter. This one just looks a little better than most of the pack and that is hard to find these days!
8/10
//KasketDarfyre
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