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Instruction booklet · September 1991

U.N. Squadron

Shooter1–2 playersPre-ESRB

The story

Side-scrolling shoot-em-up, in a similar style to such games as Gradius, R-Type and Scramble. The aim is to wipe out the enemy, which has gathered around the allied airspace of 'Area 88', in a series of military aircraft-based scenarios.

Specifications

Released: September 1991
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Players: 2
Genre: Shooter
Rating: Pre-ESRB
Series: Area 88
Themes: Action · Warfare
View: Side view
Multiplayer: Co-op · 2+ players

What the magazines said

EGM · not on record yet

Players: 76/100 (28 ratings)
GameRankings: 87%
Mean Machines: 94%

BE KIND, REWINDSeptember 1991

#1 song

(Everything I Do) I Do It for YouBryan Adams #1 album

MetallicaMetallica Admit one · #1 movie

Dead Again$4,366,330 weekend

Vol. 1 · No. 3Omaha, Nebraska · Late edition25¢

The Omaha World-Pixel

Week of September 6, 1991

Sep. 8

Tailhook scandal: At the 35th Annual Tailhook Symposium in Las Vegas, 83 women and seven men are assaulted by U.S. Navy and Marine aviation officers.

💵 A Super NES was $199.99 at launch · about $473 today

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