Blade Eagle 3-D

Sega exclusive

Blade Eagle 3-D is a vertical shoot-em-up which has no story involved. You just have to shoot your way on three planets (you have to travel through space first), blasting as many enemies as possible. Along the way, there are several bosses that you have to defeat. The later ones drop a power-up, which you can use to upgrade your ship.

Released: 1 January 1988
Platforms: Master System Sega Master System/Mark III
Genres: Action Arcade Shoot 'em up Shooter
Developers: —
Publishers: Tectoy
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Japan

About

Blade Eagle 3-D is a 1988 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Sega for the Master System. Controlling a starship, the player is tasked with destroying waves of robotic forces across nine levels. The starship used can be swapped between three different modules at anytime, which provides different stats and power-ups depending on the one used.

Keywords

shoot 'em up
stereoscopic 3d
vertical scrolling
peripherals
3-d glasses

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Gameplay

Players fight against hundreds of robot warriors equipped with particle beam weapons. The game is played from the bird's eye view. The player's mission is to blast through nine levels of various 3D terrain, shooting aliens and ships on three different planes.

One of the buttons is used to cycle through the three planes. Along the way, there are several bosses that the player has to defeat. The later ones drop a power-up, which the player can use to upgrade the ship. Some of the power-ups include double shots and laser beams.