Arrow Flash

Arrow Flash

Released1990
Arrow Flash is a side-scrolling space shooter. The player controls a female spaceship pilot who is sent on a mission into deep space to save the Earth from an assault by an evil dragon from another galaxy. Moving vertically or horizontally, players must avoid or kill the enemies and make it to the end of the level alive where a boss battle awaits. During gameplay, the player can switch at any time between two modes: normal spaceship and flying robot. The two forms use different weapons and also have different special abilities, called Arrow Flash. While the spaceship can fire destructive lasers for major damage, the robot can raise a shield that will protect from enemy attacks for some time and instantly kill anything that touches it. The Arrow Flash attacks can be charged by holding a button for several seconds, or collect icons during your flight to release it quickly afterwards.
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DeveloperI.T.L
PublisherSega, Renovation Products, Tec Toy
ReleasedOctober 20, 1990
StatusReleased
GenresShooter
ThemesScience fiction
PlatformsSEG Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
ModesSingle player

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Community Score
Mixed Reception50/100

About This Game

Across different regions, players pilot an advanced transformable mecha-fighter in a desperate struggle against overwhelming odds. In one version, a pilot named Zana Keene commands the ERX-75 "Chameleon," a spacecraft engineered by her grandfather, to combat a faction of viking-themed terrorists threatening global security. In an alternate telling, pilot Anna Schwinn flies the Arrow Flash, her father's technological marvel, against the expansionist threat posed by the Zorgon V alien empire. Both scenarios cast the protagonist as humanity's last line of defense, relying on their piloting skill and their craft's unique transformation capabilities to turn the tide of conflict.