Air Duel (World, M82 hardware) - Gioco MAME

Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Air Duel © 1990 Irem Corp.

A vertically scrolling shoot-em up game.

• TECHNICAL -

Irem M-72 system hardware

Main CPU: V30 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 2
→ [A] Gun, [B] Guided bomb

• TRIVIA -

Air Duel was released in June 1990.

Several music pieces from this game were recycled for others games from the same musicians:
The mission 1 music was recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (Stage 2 part 1).
The mission 2 music contains a synth solo (after 32 seconds) which was performed with a sax in "Metal Slug 2 - Super Vehicle-001/II" (mission 3).
The mission 3 music was recycled and remixed with electric guitar in "Metal Slug 3" (mission 1, underwater way).
The mission 3 music was also recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (Stage 2 part 2).
The mission 4 music was recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (stage 1).

• SERIES -
• Air Duel (1990)
• Fire Barrel (1993)
• PORTS -
• COMPUTERS:

PC [MS Windows, Online] [EU] (dec.9, 2011) "IREM Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
Apple MacIntosh [Online] [US] (aug.21, 2011) "Irem Arcade Hits" by DotEmu
PC [Desura] [US] (nov.2, 2013) "IREM Arcade Hits" by Plug In Digital

• CONTRIBUTE -

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