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Aero Fighters 3

Manufacturer: Video System Co. Ltd.
Year: 1995
Class: Wide Release
Genre: Scrolling Shooter
Type: Videogame

Monitor:

Orientation: Horizontal
Type: Raster: Standard Resolution
CRT: Color

Conversion Class: Neo Geo MVS
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2
Maximum number of Players: 2
Gameplay: Joint
Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player
Controls:

Joystick: 8-way
Buttons: 2

Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel)

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Aero Fighters 3 Description

The third game in this series. The player controls an aircraft whose mission is to combat world terrorism. Each pilot has a storyline that goes along with the game.

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Cabinet Information

Ths game uses a Neo-Geo marquee instruction card and an optional monitor bezel instruction card. The game may also be found with a seperate marquee for any single game Neo-Geo upright cabinet.

Game Introduction

The game's fighter pilots come from different countries. Each one has a different storyline that unfolds during the gameplay. Also, depending on what country they serve, they get respective currency (or point) bonuses. Each pilot can expand their weapons and collect power-ups for extra large onslaughts.

Game Play

The object of the game is to fly from country to country and destroy all opposition around the world before flying into outer space to combat the phantom menace responsible for the terrorism. One enemy shot destroys the player's plane and releases a special power-up that the plane may have been carrying. If the player's final ship is destroyed, all power-ups and extra bombs are released and can be collected if the player continues or a second player is still active and vice-versa. However, on the final mission in outer space, the player is forced to start again at the beginning of the space mission unless two players are active.

Miscellaneous

This game is known as Sonic Wings 3 in Japan.

Scarcity in collections (VAPS.org)

Uncommon - There are 11 known instances of this game owned by one of our 900 members. Of these, It is an original dedicated machine (not another machine converted with a kit)., and 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

Of the 52,046 video games (3,349 unique) tracked by the Video Game Preservation Society, this game ranks a 5 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on ownership records.

Wanted - There are 2 VAPS members currently looking for this game.

Rarity is NOT necessarily an indication of value. Some common games show up as very rare here because collectors don't want them (they are common because arcade operators might be sitting on tons of them in warehouses), while some fairly scarce games are grabbed by collectors every time they show up. Additionally, some games made in the last 5 years are still making money for operators and are thus not yet affordable to the typical collector. For a clue to value, compare how many people have this game vs. how many people want this game and then click on the eBay links to help determine an accurate price range.

Technical

The game's hardware is SNK's cartridge-based NEO*GEO system. The main board uses a Motorola 68000 processor clocked at 12 Mhz, a Zilog-80 processor clocked at 4 Mhz to handle the Yamaha 2610 Music Synthesizer and ADPCM sound ICs.

Trivia

Aero Fighters 2 and Aero Fighters 3 (Sonic Wings 2 and Sonic Wings 3) were sold exclusively as NEO*GEO Cartridges. The first Aero Fighters (Sonic Wings) was sold as a JAMMA conversion kit.

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Legacy

Aero Fighters 3 - Title screen image

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