Jaleco Mega System 32 cart. published 31 years ago:

Desert War (c) 1995 Jaleco.

A vertically scrolling shoot'em up game where the mission is to rescue the prisoners of war from enemy battlefields.

- TECHNICAL -

Jaleco Mega System 32 hardware

Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick. Buttons: 2 per player.

- TRIVIA -

Desert War was released in September 1995.

Developed by Nihon Maicom Kaihatsu (NMK). Desert War is their last video game development. They went into bankruptcy in August 1999.

After developing this game, NMK was supposed to develop a new video game called 'space war'.

This game is known in Japan as "Wangan Sensou".

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Fast Move: When prisoners go to heliport, you can tap the 'A' button for speed up.

* Get more points: If you use 'B' button on Enemy, you will get more points and enemies (building and Tank/ship) more damages.

* Get more points 2: If you use the 'B' button on stage's specific parts, you will get more points until 10,000 points.

* Good Ending: You should destroy the final boss without lose your armor.

- STAFF -

Sound: Manabu Namiki

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Desert War / Wangan Sensou (ver 1.0). 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.

Desert War / Wangan Sensou (ver 1.0) is filed in our catalog as a 1995 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shooter.

Credit line lists Jaleco as developer.