Burning Angels

{{Short description|1990 Japanese video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = Burning Angels

| image = Burning Angels.jpg

| developer = Naxat Soft

| publisher = Naxat Soft

| artist = Kenji Mori

| composer = Hiroshi Nishikawa
Makiko Ito

| platforms = PC Engine

| released = {{vgrelease|JP|December 7, 1990}}

| genre = Scrolling shooter

| modes = Single-player, multiplayer

}}

{{nihongo foot|Burning Angels|バーニングエンジェル|Bāningu Enjerusu||lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1990 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Naxat Soft for the PC Engine only in Japan.

Gameplay

File:PCE Burning Angels.png

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Gameplay consists of 7 stages, and the game allows for simultaneous co-op play. The game also allows for horizontal or vertical screen view.

Development and release

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Burning Angels was developed and published by Naxat Soft.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-01/page/n251/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=103|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=January 1991|pages=246–247|language=ja}}

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| Fam = 23/40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu-0117/page/n32/mode/1up|title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー PART 2: バーニングエンジェル|magazine=Famitsu|issue=117|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=December 21, 1990|page=33|language=ja}} ([https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7196 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726170147/https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7196|date=2018-07-26}}).

| Gen4 = 82%{{cite magazine|last=Querleux|first=Philippe|url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-030/page/n44/mode/1up|title=Tests CoregrafX: Burning Angel|magazine={{ill|Génération 4|lt=Génération 4|fr|Gen4}}|issue=30|publisher=Pressimage|date=February 1991|pages=88|language=fr}}

| JS = 79%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick013/page/n95/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: Burning Angels|magazine=Joystick|issue=13|publisher=Sipress|date=February 1991|page=96|language=fr}}

| PO = 89%{{cite magazine|last=Scamps|first=Olivier|url=https://archive.org/details/playerone-magazine-006/page/n48/mode/1up|title=Tests de Jeux: Burning Angels|magazine={{ill|Player One (magazine)|lt=Player One|fr|Player One}}|issue=6|publisher={{ill|Média Système Édition|lt=Média Système Édition|fr|Média Système Édition}}|date=February 1991|page=49|language=fr}}

| Raze = 69%{{cite magazine|last=Ellis|first=Les|url=https://archive.org/details/RAZE_Issue_05_1991-03_Newsfield_Publishing_GB/page/n78/mode/1up|title=Import: Burning Angels|magazine=Raze|issue=5|publisher=Newsfield|date=March 1991|page=79}}

| TILT = 13/20{{cite magazine|last=Huyghues-Lacour|first=Alain|url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt087/page/n70/mode/1up|title=Rolling Softs: Burning Angels|magazine=Tilt|issue=87|publisher={{ill|Mondadori France|lt=Éditions Mondiales S.A.|fr|Mondadori France}}|date=February 1991|page=71|language=fr}}

| rev1 = Micro News

| rev1Score = 5/5{{cite magazine|last=Allain|first=Sylvain|url=https://archive.org/details/micro-news-43/page/90/mode/1up|title=Tops & Softs Consoles: Burning Angels|magazine={{ill|Micro News|lt=Micro News|fr|Micro News}}|issue=43|publisher=Sandyx|date=January 1991|page=90|language=fr}}

| rev2 = Power Play

| rev2Score = 58%{{cite magazine|last=Forster|first=Winfried|url=https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N36.1991.03-kultpower/page/n145/mode/1up|title=Power Tests / Videospiele: Burning Angels|magazine={{ill|Power Play (magazine)|lt=Power Play|de|Power Play (Zeitschrift)}}|issue=36|publisher=Markt & Technik|date=March 1991|page=130|language=de}}

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Burning Angels received generally favorable reviews.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/marukatsu-pc-engine-volume-26-february-1991/Marukatsu%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Volume%2026%20-%20February%201991/page/126/mode/1up|title=新作ソフトお毒味チャート: バーニングエンジェル|magazine={{ill|Marukatsu PC Engine|lt=Marukatsu PC Engine|ja|マル勝PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=2|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=February 1991|page=126|language=ja}} Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game fourteen in popularity in its March 1991 issue.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-03/page/n246/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information - PC Engine: 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=105|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=March 1991|pages=250–251|language=ja}}

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