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Burai Fighter is a side-scrolling shooting video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. The setting for Burai Fighter, according to the manual, is to fend off seven bases of Burai, super-intelligent cyborgs. The player starts out with a relatively weak cannon but can upgra...

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Released on
1990

Size
1 Player

Version
NES

Requirements
Nintendo Entertainment System

Downloads
Shooter

Publisher
Taito

ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Burai Fighter is a side-scrolling shooting video game released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990. The setting for Burai Fighter, according to the manual, is to fend off seven bases of Burai, super-intelligent cyborgs. The player starts out with a relatively weak cannon but can upgrade to ring, laser and missile weapons, which are much more powerful. The player can also choose from three difficulty settings: Eagle, Albatross and Ace, but the fourth difficulty setting, Ultimate, must be unlocked. One proceeds by controlling the character in 8 directions and can shoot in a different direction from the direction he is looking.

Burai Fighter

Overview & History

Released by Taxan in 1990 for the Nintendo Entertainment System, Burai Fighter is a sci-fi side-scrolling shoot-'em-up developed by Koei. The game's storyline casts players as a nameless, armored space commando tasked with eradicating the evil, bio-mechanical Burai empire before they obliterate the galaxy. Distinct for its striking alien aesthetics and intense difficulty, Burai Fighter stands out in the NES library for allowing players to shoot both horizontally and diagonally—a rare engineering feat for 8-bit scrolling shooters. It also uniquely features selectable difficulty modes ('Easy', 'Normal', and 'Hard'), which drastically alter the stage layouts and enemy spawn waves.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

The core gameplay revolves around navigating hazardous, biomechanical corridors while collecting power-ups to upgrade your arsenal. Players can acquire three distinct weapon types: the laser, the missile, and the ring weapon. Each weapon can be powered up multiple times by collecting 'P' icons, changing their firing patterns from narrow beams to screen-clearing waves. Additionally, collecting 'B' icons deploys a devastating screen-clearing bomb attack. The game alternates between horizontal side-scrolling stages and vertical top-down sections, forcing players to adapt their positioning strategies constantly. Defeating red enemy formations yields crucial upgrade crystals, while timing your directional firing is essential to overcoming the relentless alien hordes.