Air Combat (US) - Gioco MAME

Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:

Air Combat © 1993 Namco.

A cockpit flying game from Namco that tries to simulate an F-16 like aircraft. The game mainly involves dog fighting and has three levels of play; Cadet, Captain and Ace.

• TECHNICAL -

Dimensions:
77,12in. (195,5cm) High
110,62in. (279,4cm) Deep
42,81in. (106,6cm) Wide

Weight: 1041 lbs (471.5 kg)

Namco System 21 hardware
Game ID: AC

Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 12.288 Mhz), M6809 (@ 3.072 Mhz), HD63705 (@ 2.048 Mhz), (2x) TMS32025 (@ 24 Mhz)
Sound Chips: C140 (@ 32 Khz), YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz)

Screen orientation: Horizontal
Video resolution: 496 x 480 pixels
Screen refresh: 60.00 Hz
Palette colors: 32768

Players: 2
Control: Throttle lever, 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2

• TRIVIA -

Even if the title screen says 1992, Air Combat was released in June 1993 in Japan.

Note: You never die in this game! Instead you eject from the aircraft giving you a non-violent ending.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.10 - VICL-40097, 40098) on 16/12/1993.

• SERIES -
• Air Combat (1993, ARC)
• Air Combat 22 (1995, ARC)
• Ace Combat (1996, PSX)
• Ace Combat 2 (1997, PSX)
• Ace Combat 3 - Electrosphere (2000, PSX)
• Ace Combat 04 - Shattered Skies (2001, PS2)
• Ace Combat 5 - The Unsung War (2004, PS2)
• Ace Combat Advance (2005, GBA)
• Ace Combat Zero - The Belkan War (2006, PS2)
• Ace Combat X - Skies of Deception (2006, PSP)
• Ace Combat 6 - Fires of Liberation (2007, X360)
• Ace Combat XI - Skies of Incursion (2009, Apple Store)
• Ace Combat - Joint Assault (2010, PSP)
• Ace Combat - Assault Horizon (2011, MULTI)
• Ace Combat Infinity (2014, PS3)
• Ace Combat 7 - Skies Unknown (2019, MULTI)

STAFF
Music composition by: Hiroyuki Kawada

• PORTS -
• CONSOLES:

Sony PlayStation (1995)

• CONTRIBUTE -

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