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Bomber Raid is a single player
Single player

A single-player video game is a variant of a particular video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session....
, vertical scrolling shooter
Shoot 'em up

File:ProjectStarfighter.jpgShoot 'em up is a subgenre of Shooter game video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often a spacecraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks....
 game released by Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 in 1989 for the Sega Master System
Sega Master System

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986 in video gaming....
. It was the last SG-1000 Mark III game in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
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omber Raid, the player controls a small "Freedom Fighter" aircraft able to fire different types of projectiles through five levels. As a shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up

File:ProjectStarfighter.jpgShoot 'em up is a subgenre of Shooter game video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often a spacecraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks....
 game, gameplay is similar to the arcade games
Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, public houses, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers....
 1942
1942 (arcade game)

1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the Video arcade in . It was the first game in the 194x series, followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway....
 and Raiden
Raiden (arcade game)

is a 1990 in video gaming Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters arcade game that was developed by Seibu Kaihatsu. It was the first game in the popular Raiden series of scrolling shooter arcade games....
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The player starts with three lives. Any collision with either an enemy aircraft or enemy fire results in the loss of a life.






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Bomber Raid is a single player
Single player

A single-player video game is a variant of a particular video game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session....
, vertical scrolling shooter
Shoot 'em up

File:ProjectStarfighter.jpgShoot 'em up is a subgenre of Shooter game video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often a spacecraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks....
 game released by Sega
Sega

is a Multinational corporation video game software and hardware development company, and a home computer and console manufacturer headquartered in Ota, Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan....
 in 1989 for the Sega Master System
Sega Master System

The Sega Master System is an 8-bit cartridge-based video game console that was manufactured by Sega and was first released in 1986 in video gaming....
. It was the last SG-1000 Mark III game in Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
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Gameplay

In Bomber Raid, the player controls a small "Freedom Fighter" aircraft able to fire different types of projectiles through five levels. As a shoot 'em up
Shoot 'em up

File:ProjectStarfighter.jpgShoot 'em up is a subgenre of Shooter game video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often a spacecraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks....
 game, gameplay is similar to the arcade games
Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, typically installed in businesses such as restaurants, public houses, video arcades, and Family Entertainment Centers....
 1942
1942 (arcade game)

1942 is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up made by Capcom that was released for the Video arcade in . It was the first game in the 194x series, followed by 1943: The Battle of Midway....
 and Raiden
Raiden (arcade game)

is a 1990 in video gaming Shoot 'em up#Scrolling shooters arcade game that was developed by Seibu Kaihatsu. It was the first game in the popular Raiden series of scrolling shooter arcade games....
.

The player starts with three lives. Any collision with either an enemy aircraft or enemy fire results in the loss of a life. When enemies are destroyed, they sometimes drop weapon power-ups
Power-up

In Video game, power-ups are objects that instantly benefit or add extra abilities to the game character. This is contrast to an Item , which may or may not have a benefit and can be used at a time chosen by the player....
, which replace the standard twin cannon
Cannon

A cannon is any tubular piece of artillery, that uses gunpowder or other usually explosive-based propellants to launch a projectile over a distance....
, or extra lives
1-up

1-up , pronounced "one up", is a term in console video game that commonly refers to an item that gives the player an extra chance to complete the game....
. The player also starts with a limited number of cluster bombs
Cluster bomb

Cluster munitions or cluster bombs are air-dropped or ground-launched munitions that eject smaller submunitions: a cluster of bomblets....
, which will clear the screen of many enemies (except bosses), and power pods, which give extra points, weapon power-ups, and a temporary "backup
Backup (tactical)

Backup in Tactic operations means the weapon operation of firearms ready for shooting while performing a duty. It is important for self-defense of involved agents and to prevent escapes....
 squadron
Squadron

A squadron is a small military unit or formation of cavalry, Armoured forces, aircraft , or warships....
." The cluster bomb's explosion is influenced by the squadron (up to 2 small planes that fly in formation with the fighter and shoot when it shoots). If there are no planes, then the cluster bomb will be a ring of fire that flies forward. With one fighter, the bomb's explosive area is over a wider area, and with two fighters, the "orbs" of the explosion will radiate outwards in all direction. The miniature planes' formation and the direction they fire in depends on the last "squadron" power-up received.

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