Teraburst

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Teraburst is a 'shoot-em-up' arcade game made by Konami in 1998.

Teraburst was exhibited at the February 1998 AOU Show. [1]

Story

The game is set in 2017. An invasion of UFOs has appeared and started to invade Earth. The player is charged to blast the aliens back into outer space with a hand-held, recoiling machine gun, homing missiles and Napalm bombs. The game progresses through four stages of aliens. [2]

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References

  1. Webb, Marcus (May 1998). "Sequel Mania at London and Tokyo Expos". Next Generation . No. 41. Imagine Media. p. 33.
  2. Teraburst at the Killer List of Video Games