Burning Angels

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Burning Angels
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Developer(s) Naxat Soft
Publisher(s) Naxat Soft
Artist(s) Kenji Mori
Composer(s) Hiroshi Nishikawa
Makiko Ito
Platform(s) PC Engine
Release
  • JP: December 7, 1990
Genre(s) Scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

Burning Angels [a] is a 1990 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Naxat Soft for the PC Engine only in Japan.

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Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot PCE Burning Angels.png
Gameplay screenshot

Gameplay consists of 7 stages, and the game allows for simultaneous co-op play. [1] The game also allows for horizontal or vertical screen view. [1]

Development and release

Burning Angels was developed and published by Naxat Soft. [2]

Reception

Burning Angels received generally favorable reviews. [1] [10] Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game fourteen in popularity in its March 1991 issue. [11]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: バーニングエンジェル, Hepburn: Bāningu Enjerusu

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References

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  2. ↑ Matsuyama, Benī (January 1991). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base". Micom BASIC Magazine  [ ja ]. No. 103. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation  [ ja ]. pp. 246–247.
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