Monday, January 19, 1998

Blazing Star

Out nowESRB EShooter, Arcade

Release date: Monday, January 19, 1998
Platforms: Arcade, Neo Geo AES, Web browser, Neo Geo MVS, Linux, Wii, Android, PC (Microsoft Windows), iOS, Mac
Developer: Yumekobo
Publisher: SNK, D4 Enterprise, Inc

About

Blazing Star is a scrolling shooter video game for the Neo Geo home game system. It is the sequel to the acclaimed Neo Geo shooter Pulstar, which was itself a close cousin to the R-Type franchise.

A typically hefty Neo Geo ROM at 346 Mb, the game makes extensive use of pseudo-3D prerendered sprites, brief anime and CGI cutscenes (mostly during the intro sequence), and frequent Engrish voice samples and captions.