Change Air Blade (arcade)

[Sketcz-1000]

Out of the many, many different kinds of shoot-em-ups, one has always been neglected: the competitive shoot-em-up. How many do you see about going against another player? Sure, there was Twinkle Star Sprites; the goal was to defeat the other player, yes, but you never directly attacked them. So, Sammy decided to take this concept and make it a more direct. A bit manlier. Unlike Twinkle Star Sprites, where you took control of several brightly colored anime characters, here you've got fighter planes and jets more along the lines of something like Raiden.

www.hardcoregaming101.net/changeairblade/changeairblade.htm

[nickz]

I've actually played this before! It's a lot of fun, but the 1 player mode is frustrating. The computer cheats like nothing else around the last two guys.

I remember grabbing a powerup that that let me switch places with the boss in 1 player mode. I think it might only pop up when you credit feed, though, so it's not something you're going to see if you're playing for survival or score.

[Narushima]

Now that's a game I'd love to play! The two player mode seems like a lot of un, and so does the single player one.

[sprite]

This game is HILARIOUS.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=moveGxHiREw&feature=related

It's the sort of game you play with friends in an alcohol fueled, bullshitting way. It's absolutely broken, but there's a lot of unintentional entertainment to be had.

The laser at 1:38 cracks me up every time. How are you supposed to avoid that? Bombs don't even work on it!