Air Gallet (Japan)
Getting to Know Air Gallet (Japan)
Air Gallet is a vertical-scrolling shooter that hit Japanese arcades in 1996, published by Banpresto. This is the Japan-exclusive release of the game, which tasks players with piloting a fighter jet through six stages. The game's premise revolves around taking down a terrorist organization that is destroying major cities and brainwashing the global population through propaganda.
How to Play Air Gallet (Japan) Online
Getting Started
Select your game mode using the D-Pad and confirm with the A button (X key) at the title screen. Menus are in Japanese, but the layout is straightforward: choose between starting the game or accessing options like difficulty settings.
The core loop involves flying upward through each level while dodging enemy bullets and shooting down waves of opponents. Destroying certain enemies releases power-ups that upgrade your main weapon or grant temporary secondary weapons like spread shots or missiles. Each stage ends with a boss fight requiring pattern recognition to survive.
Pay attention to your hitbox - it is tiny and centered on your jet, so you can weave through tight bullet patterns. Collecting the same weapon type multiple times increases its power level. If you are new to old-school shooters, start on the easiest difficulty and focus on survival rather than high scores initially.
Air Gallet (Japan) Keyboard Controls
Controls
- Arrow Keys: Joystick / Movement
- X: Button 1
- S: Button 2
- Z: Button 3
- A: Button 4
- Q: Button 5
- E: Button 6
- Enter: Start / 1P
- V: Coin / Insert
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