Bomber Raid
{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Bomber Raid
|image=Bomber raid 2m.jpg
|caption=North American box art
|developer=Sanritsu
|publisher={{vgrelease|WW|Sega|NA|Activision}}
|artist=Hide Itoen
|released={{vgrelease|NA|January 1989{{cite magazine |title=Availability Update |magazine=Computer Entertainer|volume=7 |issue=11 |date=February 1989 |page=13 |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d3/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.7_11.pdf#page=13}}|JP|February 4, 1989{{cite web |title=Software List |url=https://sega.jp/history/hard/segamark3/software.html |website=Sega Hard Encyclopedia |publisher=Sega Corporation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190621034428/https://sega.jp/history/hard/segamark3/software.html |access-date=May 15, 2023 |archive-date=2019-06-21 |language=ja}}|EU|June 1989{{cite web|title=Games Coming |url=https://archive.org/details/official-sega-club-uk-04/page/n1/mode/2up|work=The Official Sega Club UK #4|date=1989 |publisher=Mastertronic|accessdate=24 September 2024}}}}
|genre=Scrolling shooter
|modes=Single-player
|platforms=Master System
}}
{{nihongo|Bomber Raid|ボンバーレイド}} is a vertically scrolling shooter released for the Master System in 1989 and was one of the last games released in Japan. The aircraft on the box cover resembles a Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird, and bears no resemblance to the player's plane in the game.
Gameplay
In Bomber Raid, the player controls a small "Freedom Fighter" aircraft able to fire different types of projectiles through five levels.
The player starts with three lives and a limited number of cluster bombs. Any collision with either an enemy aircraft or enemy fire results in the loss of a life. One type of enemy, a strange disk like object with a green and red flashing center, drops a powerup when destroyed. Power-ups, which can be a weapon power-up (P) which replace the standard twin cannon, speed power up (S) or provide the player with a comrade fighter plane in one out four formations (depending on the number of the power up) to assist in destroying enemies. Cluster bombs, will clear the screen of many enemies (except bosses). The cluster bomb's explosion is intensified by the number of comrade fighters and their formations. Power pods give extra points, weapon power-ups, and a temporary backup fighter.
References
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External links
- {{IAg|segasms_Bomber_Raid_1988_Sega}}
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Category:Master System-only games
Category:Single-player video games
Category:Vertically scrolling shooters
Category:Video games developed in Japan
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