Cloud Master

{{Short description|1988 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

|title = Cloud Master

|image = Cloud Master arcade flyer.jpg

|developer = Hot-B (Arcade)
Opera House (Master System, MSX2)
Disco (FC)
SPS Co (X68000)

|publisher = Taito (Arcade, FC, PCE)
Sega (Master System)
Sharp (X68000)
Hot-B (MSX2)

|artist = Nekoto Jr (Famicom)

|designer = Yukio Abe Fujiwara Eihiro

|programmer = Funky George (Famicom)

|composer = Planet2, Soul Duke (Famicom)

|released = {{Collapsible list

|title=July 1988

|Arcade{{Video game release|JP|July 1988}}

|MSX2{{Video game release|JP|December 1, 1988}}

|Master System{{Video game release|NA|August 1989{{cite magazine |title=Availability Update |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/d/d9/ComputerEntertainer_US_Vol.8_05.pdf |date=August 1989 |magazine=Computer Entertainer}}|PAL|1989}}

|Famicom{{Video game release|JP|September 22, 1989https://www.famitsu.com/games/t/19494/}}

|X68000{{Video game release|JP|January 25, 1991}}

|PC Engine{{Video game release|JP|March 13, 1992}}

}}

|genre = Scrolling shooter

|modes = 1-2 players alternating term

|platforms=Arcade, MSX2, PC Engine, Famicom, Master System, X68000

|arcade system =

}}

Cloud Master is a horizontally scrolling shooter released as an arcade video game by Taito in 1988.{{cite web |url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/cloudmaster/cloudmaster.htm |title=Hardcore Gaming 101: Cloud Master / Chuuka Taisen |date=January 10, 2014 |work=Hardcore Gaming 101 |first=Kurt |last=Kalata |accessdate=13 March 2013}} Home versions were released for the Master System, PC Engine, and Famicom and, excluding the Master System version, were released only in Japan. The PC Engine version of the game is titled {{nihongo|Gokuraku! Chuuka Taisen|極楽!中華大仙}}. The Famicom version is titled Chuuka Taisen.