Air Inferno

Air Inferno
Arcade flyer
DeveloperTaito
PublisherTaito
DesignersTsukasa Fujita
Toshiaki Tsukano
PlatformArcade
Release
  • JP: June 1990
  • EU: July 1990
  • NA: August 6, 1990
GenreFlight simulator
ModeSingle-player
Arcade systemTaito Air System

Air Inferno is a 1990 flight simulation video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. A spin-off from Taito's Landing series, Air Inferno is an aerial firefighting simulation that involves piloting a helicopter on various rescue missions, shooting a fire extinguisher to extinguish flames while rescuing civilians.

Like its predecessor Top Landing (1988), Air Inferno uses flat-shaded, 3D polygon graphics. Both games run on the Taito Air System hardware which uses 68000 (12 MHz) and Z80 (4 MHz) microprocessors as CPU and a TMS320C25 (24 MHz) digital signal processor as GPU. The game comes in two types of arcade cabinets: a deluxe motion simulator cockpit cabinet and a standard cockpit cabinet.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Air Inferno on their August 1, 1990 issue as being the most-successful upright arcade/cockpit unit of the month.

The arcade game received positive reviews from critics. Sinclair User magazine it an 89% score, praising the "fab" 3D graphics, "realistic controls" and for being "something very different compared to the usual arcade machine." Julian Rignall rated the game 88% in Computer and Video Games magazine. Nick Kelly rated it 85% in CU Amiga. David Wilson rated it four out of five in Zero magazine, and 80% in Your Sinclair.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: エアインフェルノ, Hepburn: Ea Inferuno

References

  1. ↑ Air Inferno at Arcade History
  2. ↑ "Air Inferno". Media Arts Database (in Japanese). Agency for Cultural Affairs. Retrieved July 5, 2021.
  3. 1 2 Kelly, Nick (July 26, 1990). "Arcades: Air Inferno". CU Amiga. No. 6 (August 1990). United Kingdom: EMAP. pp. 82–3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Taito Air Inferno Rescue Helicopters To Trade". RePlay. Vol. 15, no. 12. September 1990. p. 23.
  5. ↑ "Machine Catalog: Video Games". RePlay. Vol. 16, no. 1. October 1990. pp. 78–86.
  6. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971–2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971–2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. pp. 136–7. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  7. ↑ Air Inferno at the Killer List of Videogames
  8. 1 2 "Coin Ops". Sinclair User. No. 105 (November 1990). United Kingdom: EMAP. October 1990. pp. 54–5.
  9. 1 2 Rignall, Julian (November 16, 1990). "Arcade Action". Computer and Video Games. No. 109 (December 1990). pp. 152–3, 156, 158.
  10. ↑ "System 16 - Taito Air System Hardware (Taito)". www.system16.com. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  11. ↑ "MAME | SRC/Mame/Drivers/Taitoair.c". Archived from the original on October 3, 2014. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Looking At Taito's history As They Turn 60". Arcade Heroes. August 27, 2013. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
  13. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 385. Amusement Press, Inc. August 1, 1990. p. 29.
  14. ↑ Wilson, David (December 1990). "Dosh Eaters". Zero. No. 14. pp. 85–6.
  15. ↑ Wilson, David (November 1, 1990). "Slots of Fun". Your Sinclair. No. 60 (December 1990). United Kingdom: Future plc. pp. 70–1.