Arcade Video game published 36 years ago:

Air Duel (c) 1990 Irem Corp.

A vertically scrolling shoot-em up game.

- TECHNICAL -

Irem M-72 system hardware

Main CPU: V30 (@ 8 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz) Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), DAC (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 2 => [A] Gun, [B] Guided bomb

- TRIVIA -

Air Duel was released in June 1990.

Several music pieces from this game were recycled for others games from the same musicians: The mission 1 music was recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (Stage 2 part 1). The mission 2 music contains a synth solo (after 32 seconds) which was performed with a sax in "Metal Slug 2 - Super Vehicle-001/II" (mission 3). The mission 3 music was recycled and remixed with electric guitar in "Metal Slug 3" (mission 1, underwater way). The mission 3 music was also recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (Stage 2 part 2). The mission 4 music was recycled and remixed in "Gun Force II" (stage 1).

- PORTS -

* COMPUTERS: PC [MS Windows, Online] [EU] (dec.9, 2011) "IREM Arcade Hits" by DotEmu Apple MacIntosh [Online] [US] (aug.21, 2011) "Irem Arcade Hits" by DotEmu PC [Desura] [US] (nov.2, 2013) "IREM Arcade Hits" by Plug In Digital

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

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Open Play on this page to start Air Duel (World, M82 hardware). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Air Duel (World, M82 hardware) is filed in our catalog as a 1990 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Irem as developer.