Bomber Raid

Bomber Raid
North American box art
Developer(s)	Sanritsu
Publisher(s)	WW: Sega NA: Activision
Artist(s)	Hide Itoen
Platform(s)	Master System
Release	NA: January 1989[2] JP: February 4, 1989[1] EU: June 1989[3]
Genre(s)	Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)	Single-player

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

1. "Software List (Released by Sega)". セガ 製品情報サイト (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved May 15, 2023.
2. "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 7, no. 11. February 1989. p. 13.
3. "Games Coming". The Official Sega Club UK #4. Mastertronic. 1989. Retrieved 24 September 2024.

External links

• Bomber Raid can be played for free in the browser at the Internet Archive