Air Fortress

Air Fortress

Released1987
Air Fortress is a video game published in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System released in Japan in 1987 and later in North America in 1989. Only a total of 385 copies of the game were shipped to the United States in 1987, and it is believed that only 20 were shipped beforehand as a test run for the system. Within PAL-A regions, it was only released in Australia. This makes the American version of the game very rare.
60Wit Score

Details

DeveloperHAL Laboratory
ReleasedAugust 11, 1987
StatusReleased
GenresShooterPlatformArcade
ThemesScience fiction
PlatformsNIN Nintendo Entertainment SystemFAM Family Computer
ModesSingle player

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Community Score
Mixed Reception60/100

About This Game

The peaceful inhabitants of Farmel discovered a nightmarish truth upon venturing into space: colossal organic entities known as Air Fortresses were advancing toward their homeworld, devouring everything in their wake like a ravenous swarm. When the planet's military forces proved no match for these cosmic destroyers, the Space Federation made a desperate decision to deploy Hal Bailman, a lone soldier equipped with advanced armor, weaponry, and a compact vessel, to penetrate the Fortresses' defenses and dismantle them from within. Humanity's survival now rests on this single operative's ability to navigate the alien structures and neutralize the threat before the Fortresses strip their world bare.