Bomber Raid

1989 video game

WW: Sega
NA: Activision

Artist(s)Hide ItoenPlatform(s)Master SystemRelease

NA: January 1989^[2]
JP: February 4, 1989^[1]
EU: June 1989

Genre(s)Scrolling shooterMode(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

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