1988 · Taito · Arcade · Shooter

Fighting Hawk

Nintendo console exclusive

Player needs to control a large plane and shoot at tanks and helicopters. The bomb button actually fires a bunch of missiles that lock-on and track your enemies.

Released: 1988
Platforms: Arcade Nintendo Switch
Genres: Arcade Shooter Vertically scrolling shooter
Developers: Taito Robert I of France
Publishers: Taito Hamster Corporation Robert I of France
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Themes: Action Warfare
Country: Japan

About

Fighting Hawk is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Taito for arcades. It was released in Japan in March 1989 and Europe the same year. It was re-released in the Taito Memories collection. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2022.

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Gameplay

The player controls a plane which travels through battlefields and destroys enemies on land or in the air, in order to destroy a larger and more advanced plane. Its ammunition can be upgraded by power-ups, which increase the amount of bullets shot; a bomb attack is also available. The game ends after defeating the boss enemy at the end of the level, or having the plane be destroyed by enemy bullets.