Air Gallet (Shoot Em Up) (Arcade)

1996 · shooter · Arcade · The Data Archivist V0.01

PLAY ONLINE : https://archive.org/details/arcade_agallet MANUAL OPERATOR : https://archive.org/details/20230421_20230421_1016 Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Gallet Air Gallet [ a ] is a 1996 vertical-scrolling shooter arcade game published by Banpresto . Players control a fighter jet through six levels to destroy a terrorist organization, who are destroying major worldwide cities and brainwashing the world's population with propaganda. Its gameplay involves destroying waves of enemies, picking up power-ups and new weapons, and destroying bosses. Air Gallet was developed by Gazelle , an off-shoot of defunct developer Toaplan . It was directed by Tatsuya Uemura and designed by Junya Inoue , who wanted it to have a more boisterous presentation compared to his previous works. Gazelle's financial difficulties and strict time schedules forced its development to be hastily rushed. The game was released to mixed reviews; while its graphics and sprite layering techniques were praised, critics felt that it wasn't as polished or innovative as other, similar games were. Inoue has since expressed his disappointment in its quality. At Shooters Fest 2024 held in April 2024 at Takadanobaba, Tokyo, Japan, exA-Arcadia announced Airgallet EXA Label as the 5th title in the EXA Label series. [ 1 ] Gameplay Gameplay screenshot Air Gallet is a vertical-scrolling shooter game, with its gameplay being similar to titles like Raiden (1990). [ 2 ] Its plot involves a terrorist organization which, in addition to destroying major cities worldwide, forces news stations to brainwash the world's population with propaganda stories. The players, who are part of a rebelling organization, are sent out to stop them. Players traverse through six automatically-scrolling stages, set in locations such as harbors, forests, and Tokyo Tower . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The objective is to make it to the end by destroying waves of enemies and avoiding projectiles. [ 3 ] Each level concludes in a boss fight against an enemy aircraft. Players can upgrade their fighter jet by collecting four matching power capsules. Weapons include a laser, a support drone, homing missiles, machine guns, and a spread shot. [ 3 ] Each weapon can be upgraded four times; should the player die, their weapon level reverts to zero. [ 3 ] Players can also pick up star-shaped medals that cycle through different point values, and two varieties of smart bombs that either clear the screen of enemies or provide a focused, narrow attack. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] AirGallet Airgallet EXA Label Developer(s) Gazelle exA-Arcadia (EXA Label) Publisher(s) Banpresto exA-Arcadia (EXA Label) Director(s) Tatsuya Uemura Producer(s) Johan Sato Designer(s) Junya Inoue Programmer(s) Mizuiro Honey Artist(s) Kaneyo Ohira Mikio Yamaguchi Composer(s) Yoshitatsu Sakai Platform(s) Arcade Release WW : February 1996 Genre(s) Vertical-scrolling shooter Mode(s) Single-player , multiplayer