Air Buster

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7.2

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Score Breakdown Based on 59 ratings

1. 10 (7)
2. 9 (13)
3. 8 (11)
4. 7 (14)
5. 6 (7)
6. 5 (3)
7. 4 (0)
8. 3 (2)
9. 2 (0)
10. 1 (2)

What Gamespot Users have to say about Air Buster

• Rating:9

  Fun side scroller with an interesting weapon upgrade selection method and don't start me on the arcade design!

  By veganintendo | Review Date: Mar 25, 2010 | ARC

  Like side scroll shooters with some interesting power-up mechanisms, then this is a good game to look for. It's a basic airplane blasting every moving element in the screen and you have to shoot some yellow containers th... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:6

  No doubt this is a hard shooter and frustrating one to boot. Enter at your own risk.

  By reztoc | Review Date: Apr 11, 2009 | TG16

  I am always up for a challenge and this shmup will suffice. There is a thin line between challenge and frustration and this game crosses it. First the good. It is a direct translation of an arcade game and a great... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.6

  One of the better TG16 games.

  By d-rtyboy | Review Date: Dec 07, 2006 | TG16

  Take it way back, way back before it was Sega vs. Nintendo, it was Sega vs. NEC. This was one of the better shmups for NECs TG16, and there were a few... emphasis on few as they never made a whole lot of games for this ... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:8.1

  You want difficulty then look no more!

  By ssgoku2833 | Review Date: Nov 23, 2006 | TG16

  This is one of the best and hardest shooters i've played during this era. I remember getting really frustrated with this game, but kept coming back for more. The graphics were pretty good for it's time and the music wa... Read Full Review

  1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
• Rating:6

  Probably one of the hardest games ever made, I couldn't even finish it with extra lives. Crazy difficulty!!

  By Stucazzo | Review Date: Feb 07, 2006 | TG16

  I haven't played this game in several years, I'm one of the few to still own a Turbo Express handheld, so I'm not quite sure if it's harder to play on a handheld cos it's smaller, but this game is incredibly difficult fr... Read Full Review

  0 of 0 users found the following review helpful