Air Gallet - Review (the 90s)
Hello guys today I want to share with all of you a review of a video game that belongs to the genre Shoot 'em up, basically this type of video game allows a player to control a vehicle, the type of vehicle will depend on the game, that is, your You can control an airplane, a car, or any other type of vehicle armed with many firearms to make your way through your challenges.
The genre Shoot 'em up is divided into several categories, but in this case we will focus on Scrolling shooter, which consists of the screen is constantly moving and we must maneuver during its movement to kill our enemies, the screen of Air Gallet moves vertically , this type of rotation was ideal for arcade games because of its screen size. This genre originated in the 70s with the video game Space Invaders.
The truth is that the story of how this genre emerged is very extensive and very relevant in the world of video games as we know it today, that is why I will only explain issues only of the Air Gallet video game, since it belongs to my list of video game of my childhood, without more to say let's start.
The game develops in which the main cities of the world are being attacked and invaded by an evil organization that call themselves the angels of death.
New York is totally a war zone, where devastation is everywhere and Paris is totally surrounded but still resists.
But all is not lost, you and with the help of your partner, Johnny are the last hope of the world and with the help of their advanced aircraft, they will be able to face this global threat to free the world from the angels of death.
Air Gallet, an arcade video game released in 1996, was developed by Gazelle, a company dedicated to the video game industry of the shoot 'em up genre.
The 90s, it was common to find this type of video game on the market but what they do not know much about is that it originated in the 70s.
Air Gallet has the ability to play alone but also in multiplayer which would make it even easier to overcome the levels of the game.
Aspect of the video game
- Start game screen.
As usual in the 90s, Air Gallet does not have many options to configure it is just press the start and play button, and if you want to play with another player simultaneously you press start during the game.
- During the game
Visually Air Gallet looks very good, with good effects of explosions and shots on all sides, the integration of enemies to the screen is well synchronized with the displacement of the map as well as the items that enhance us during the game.
- Level complete
Air Gallet has 6 levels set in the main cities of the world and each time you get higher a level you will get a rating that will depend on the number of times you die and the amount of item you collect, plus your record can be saved and you can compare them with games of other players.
- Game over
Something that I could realize very well is that it is not easy to play Air Gallet, since it is sometimes difficult to dodge enemy fire and shoot at the same time even going for some power up is a deadly trap at times.
- Game completed.
If we can overcome all the levels, we will get a series of illustrations related to the defeat of the angels of death and show us a final score of our game, in the record qualification.
According to my experience, playing Air Gallet is a very funny but frustrating videogame sometimes, I want to say that to finish your enemies you must press the firing button continuously, which is sometimes a bit annoying, unlike others games by just holding the button, you're constantly firing.
Deaths can be very frequent here, because dodging and firing at the same time is not easy, we also have powerups during the game that will help you make your shots more powerful, but sometimes going for more power is a deadly trap and you end up dead
During the game we can access 4 types of shots and 2 special abilities (they have an incredible play of lights). The shots can be identified during the game by the following initials:
(L) - It is a laser weapon that allows you to shoot faster than the rest of the other weapons but its range is not as wide as the others, you can only shoot vertically, you also have to be in constant movement with this weapon to destroy your enemies.
(S) - It is a support drone that allows you to cover spaces that you can not do with the laser weapon, you can shoot vertically and horizontally at the same time.
(M) - this weapon is one of my favorites and without much effort you can kill your enemies, since the missiles you fire can track and kill your enemies without having to aim but the disadvantage is that their trajectory speed is slow.
(F) - This allows you to make fire shots, it is the weapon with the highest vertical shooting range, it is probably the best of all, it depends on the taste of each player.
Special abilities
In Air Gallet we have 2 special weapons, the first of them and my favorite is the Energy Spark green, this weapon allows you to launch many energy bombs that cover your entire field of vision (the full screen of the game) killing all enemies , except for some enemies like tanks that hold the explosion, it also allows you to eliminate also the enemy projectiles during the game.
Finally we have the super blue bomb, it does not have as much rank as a green bomb but it is the strongest attack of all, you can eliminate any enemy that you have in your range of a single explosion, it is also the one that harms the most the bosses of the game.
For a better compression I will show the skills.
(L) - laser weapon
(S) - Support drone
(M) - Missile that tracks
(F) - fire shot
Special abilities - Energy Spark green
Special abilities - Super blue bomb
GAMEPLAY
Air Gallet has the participation of Yoshitatsu Sakai, who is responsible for the soundtrack, he has also participated in other games such as Batsugun, another popular shoot 'em up and even better developed.
During the game we can enjoy a background music from the eighties, with a mix between pop rock, electro and piano that can not be missed.
No doubt Air Gallet has a soundtrack that adapts very well to the main plot of the game awakening emotions of melancholy, uncertainty, heroism and where hope is the last thing that is lost.
here the list of tracks
The genre shoot 'em is undoubtedly a unique feature of the world of video games, as it is not just shooting right and left but you need to be skillful with the joystick, be constantly moving and dodge enemy projectiles and in Some cases memorize the attack pattern of your enemies, I would summarize it as a kind of frantic game.
Also a good story can be adapted perfectly that genre as other titles have already shown.
I find it incredible to think all the history or trajectory that this genre has gone through and that although it is not as popular today as the 80s, shoot'em titles are still on the market.
That is why the genre shoot 'em no doubt came to our lives to stay and apparent forever, and remember it's never too late to relive those good times. :)
Thanks for reading my post
