Image Fight - MAME software

NEC PC-Engine HuCARD published 32 years ago:

Image Fight © 1990 Irem Corp.

Image Fight is an intense vertical shooter by Irem and is the conversion of their own arcade game released back in 1988. The player takes control of the OF-1, a powerful Orbit Fighter ship codenamed Daidalos on a mission to annihilate the Moon defense system which suddenly went out of control. The rather unique feature of Image Fight is the "simulation mode" (called 'Image Fight') that precedes the "real battle" (called 'Real Fight'). The game counts a grand total of eight zones - the first five are Combat Training Stages and happen in a virtual space where the player must at least achieve a whooping 90% destruction ratio. If successful, the Real Combat reveals itself and the player gets launched in outer space and fly through three more stages. Just like with any traditional shooter, the ship can be upgraded by collecting flying capsules. They come in two flavors - the first are colored pods (blue and red) which hang around the ship and either fire straight ahead or in the opposite direction the fighter is facing. Those pods can also be thrown at the enemies to inflict more damage. The other kind are various devices that attach at the front of the ship and greatly improve its fire power - they include Bubble lasers, Homing Lasers, V Lasers or the powerful Drill Laser. Sadly, only one can be collected at the same time and the only way to dispose of them is to get hit. Finally, the speed of the ship can be adjusted anytime during the game and the resulting blast of energy can even be used to damage enemy ships.

TECHNICAL
Game ID: IC02003

TRIVIA
Image Fight for the PC-Engine was released on July 27, 1990 in Japan for 7000 Yen.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• Play as Mr Heli !:

At the title screen, press select to go to the sound test screen. There scroll all the way down and highlight "Song C". Press and hold (all together) down, select and II + I. A new song called "Mr Heli" should appear. Highlight it, press I and then Run.

PORTS

• CONSOLES:

Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] [JP] (aug.7, 2007)
Nintendo Wii U [Virtual Console] [JP] (june.24, 2015) [Model PPEJ]

• OTHERS:

Apple iPhone/iPad [US] (dec.20, 2010) "TurboGrafx-16 GameBox [Model 406585960]"

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