Bomber Raid

Bomber Raid (ボンバーレイド) is a vertically scrolling shooter released for the Master System in 1988 in Europe and 1989 in the United States and 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.

Bomber Raid
North American box art
Developer(s)Sanritsu
Publisher(s)
Artist(s)Hide Itoen
Platform(s)Master System
Release
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

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. "Availability Update" (PDF). Computer Entertainer. Vol. 7, no. 11. February 1989. p. 13.
  2. "Software List (Released by Sega)". セガ 製品情報サイト (in Japanese). Sega. Retrieved May 15, 2023.


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