Astro Fang: Super Machine | |
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Developer(s) | Soft Machine [2] |
Publisher(s) | A-Wave [1] |
Composer(s) | Akira Nakakuma [3] |
Platform(s) | Family Computer [1] |
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Genre(s) | Driving involving vehicular combat [1] |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Astro Fang: Super Machine (アストロ・ファング, Asutoro Fangu) [4] is a Family Computer video game that was released for an exclusively Japanese market in 1990.
Somewhere in the galaxy lies the planet RS-121 – a desolate planet that has suffered terrible disasters which made life impossible. [5]
Only one construction still remains on the planet – a highway called the Black Line. [5] It is said that an ancient legend is somehow connected to this highway. [5] Players must knock enemies off the road by using missiles before they can knock him off the same highway. [5] Automobile repair shops can be found where cars can be repaired and re-supplied with much-needed weapons. [5] The playable vehicle resembles a 1982 DeLorean while the unplayable enemy vehicles resemble dune buggies. [6] [7]
The game has an infinite amount of continues and a meter appears on the bottom left-hand side of the screen to remind how close the player is to achieving the goal. [8]
Video Game Den gave Astro Fang: Super Machine a rating of 3 stars out of a possible 5 in their December 14, 2011 review.