PrinceWatercress plays Aerial Assault (Game Gear) - Part 1 of 4

It's time to get in your military aircraft and destroy aliens...or something.

This game is a horizontal shoot-'em-up...and a easy one at that.

Round 1-1

The Control Pad moves, and 1 and 2 let you shoot. You can only have two bullets at any given time. You gain points by shooting your way through the game and surviving. Everything kills you in one hit unless you have a shield.

If a light blue target reticle is focused on a. A green S increases your speed, while a blue sphere with a P in it. increases your power. You'll go from a straight shot to a homing shot with the first P power-up, and unless you're fairly close to something, the homing shot will circle around trying to hit something. The yellow icon with the red B gives you a barrier, which acts as a shield that absorbs a couple of hits before disappearing.

The next power-up is a green laser, and while you lose the homing ability, you can shoot stuff from further away again.

As for the speed power-ups, never grab more than one. Any more than that is a bit too fast.

The small ships with the blue drill fronts fly forward, while the slightly different looking small ships will try to track you vertically. The bigger ships take more punishment before going down.

Round 1-2

Here, you'll go from a city where the sun is going down to the ocean and some islands.

After the green lasers come the rockets, which travel fairly fast and can also line themselves up with an enemy provided there is minimal effort for it to do so. After that is the laser, which will take out multiple enemies should more than one be in their path. You'll get a three way shot after this, followed by a wider five-way shot. Once you get the 

The "Gundam" robots fly at you in a sine wave pattern, and the ships and submarines will stay in the water and fire at you from below.

The boss is a flying battleship. Stay slightly above it, and keep hitting the top to destroy the missile launcher. If you need to, try to hit the turret in the middle as well. When it is near death, it will stay in place until you shoot it down and destroy it.