Baltron
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is a Family Computer
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...

 video game that was released exclusively for a Japan
Japan
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ese market on March 19, 1989.

Summary

This video game follows the format of a side-scrolling shooter where players must defeat enemy aircraft
Aircraft
An aircraft is a vehicle that is able to fly by gaining support from the air, or, in general, the atmosphere of a planet. An aircraft counters the force of gravity by using either static lift or by using the dynamic lift of an airfoil, or in a few cases the downward thrust from jet engines.Although...

 and depart from their launch pad
Launch pad
A launch pad is the area and facilities where rockets or spacecraft lift off. A spaceport can contain one or many launch pads. A typical launch pad consists of the service and umbilical structures. The service structure provides an access platform to inspect the launch vehicle prior to launch....

.

Taking a cue from the popular Star Wars series opening crawl
Star Wars opening crawl
Each film in the Star Wars series opens with a crawl of text which provides an explanation of the backstory and context of the film...

 (with its catch phase A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...), the title screen contains the nearly identical catch phrase of A long long time ago; while omitting in a galaxy, far, far away. In the year 2999, people from the planet Star Lenion (which is very similar to planet Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...

) are under attack from the Bismark Empire. Baltron heavily borrows concepts from classic games like Defender and Scramble.

Although the graphics are coarse and the levels are very monotonous, all the technical components in this video game are correct in all of their aspects.

Items

Blue capsule
Energy is restored up to the maximum.

Yellow capsule
The player's machine would be invincible for a certain period of time. However, hitting the terrain would still destroy the player.

Koala
Grants the player an extra life.
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