Baltron

Baltron
Cover art
Developer	Shouei System[1]
Publisher	Toei Animation
Platform	Family Computer
Release	JP: March 19, 1986
Genre	Scrolling shooter
Modes	Single-player, multiplayer

Baltron (バルトロン)^[2] is a horizontally scrolling shooter for the Family Computer that was released exclusively for the Japanese market on March 19, 1986.

Plot

Taking a cue from the popular Star Wars series opening crawl (with its catch phase A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...), the title screen contains the nearly identical catch phrase of A long long time ago. In the year 2999, people from the planet Star Lenion (which is very similar to planet Earth) are under attack from the Bismark Empire.^[3][4]

Gameplay

The player's ship (left) is approaching a group of enemies.

The game is side-scrolling shooter where players must defeat enemy aircraft and depart from their launch pad.

Items

Blue capsule

Energy is restored up to the maximum.

Yellow capsule

The player's machine would be invincible for a certain period of time. However, hitting the terrain would still destroy the player.

Koala

Grants the player an extra life.

References

1. "Release information". GameFAQs. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
2. "English-to-Japanese title screen translation". SuperFamicom.org. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
3. "Basic overview (second reference)". Video Game Den. Retrieved 2011-05-19.
4. "Basic overview". Ice Queen Zero (GameFAQs). Retrieved 2011-05-19.