PrinceWatercress plays Air-Sea Battle - Bomber Longplay

It's longplay time with this game again, and this time, we play the Bomber Games again!

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Bomber Games

In the Bomber Games - game modes 19-21 - you will be piloting a plane with the capability to bomb ground-based targets. Different targets will be worth different point values. The PT boat is worth four (4) points, the aircraft carrier is worth three (3) points, the pirate ship is worth two (2) points, and the freighter is worth one (1) point.

You will be constantly travelling from one side of the screen to the other, and wrapping around to the other side of the screen when you do. The same is true of the targets. Holding Up on the Joystick will allow you to speed up, while holding Down on the joystick will allow you to slow down. Keeping the joystick neutral lets you travel at normal speed. Pressing the fire button will fire a bomb that travels at an angle, and you'll need to time your shots in order to effectively hit ground-based targets. Not only that, but the bomb will travel at the same speed as your plane was travelling when you pressed the fire button. While a bomb is airborne, you will not be able to change speeds until the bomb hits either the water or a target, whichever happens first. Hint: if you can get directly above a target and stay above it, travel at the same speed as your target, then drop a bomb, you'll be able to hit that target.

Game Mode 19

This is the standard mode. Your bomb travels at the same speed as your plane was going when it was fired, and your plane speed cannot change until the missile hits either the water or a target, whichever happens first.

Game Mode 20

In this game, you can change your speed while your bomb is coming down, and when you change your plane's speed, you will also change your bomb's speed. This will allow you to "guide" your bomb so you can hit a target in a way you could not in Game Mode 19.

Game Mode 21

This is the standard human vs. computer mode. The bombs have the same behavior as they did in Game Mode 19. The computer will move at a steady speed and continuously fire, while the human player plays with a joystick connected to Controller Port 2 to compete against the computer-controlled plane for points.