Skull Fang: Kuhga Gaiden
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North American arcade flyer of Skull Fang.
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| Developer(s) |
Data East (arcade) Aisystem Tokyo (Sega Saturn) |
| Publisher(s) | Data East |
| Composer(s) | Gamadelic |
| Platform(s) | Arcade Game, Sega Saturn |
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| Genre(s) | Shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, 2 player co-op |
| CPU | Custom Data East "156" CPU @ 7 MHz |
| Sound | Yamaha YMZ280B-F |
Skull Fang: Kuhga Gaiden (スカルファング ～空牙外伝～?) is a 1996 vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game developed and published by Data East. Skull Fang is the third and final entry in a loose trilogy of games beginning with the 1989 Kuhga.
Skull Fang is similar to the original Kuhga. Players choose one of four jets set among the flying aircraft carrier Skull Fang, as well as a pilot to fly the jet and attack enemy squadrons and battalions worldwide.
Players start the game by first selecting their jet, each jet containing a different bomb or special attack.
Players then choose their pilot, all known only by each other's code names.
The weapon pick-ups include the following.
Players also can pick up a weapon attachment that increases weapon strength and ability depending on the jet known as the S-Unit. The S-Unit can charge its strength and ultimately change its attack pattern when the players use the manual five-speed option whereupon reaching the jet's highest gear, the weapon will temporarily change to a homing weapon known as H-Unit mode. However, the S-Unit attachment can be removed and thus detonated once players hit the Bomb button.
Seven years have passed since the events of Wolf Fang in 2001, where the militant/terrorist organization Ragnarok was quelled. Though Oceania and the United States were successful in their efforts, a significant number of mechs had secretly escaped destruction and after the seven years of silence finally reappear. The strongest of the mechs appears and begins decimating American cities at random, signifying the Ragnarok's latest assault on society.
During those seven years however, an air force unit based on the success of Operation Vapor Trail had been assembled; known as the Skull Fang squadron, the unit was founded in case the organization ever re-appeared. Consisting of four talented pilots whose personal backgrounds and information are withheld from each other, the team is sent to deal with the latest threat and to protect the terrorist's suspected target, the headquarters that house their unit leaders.
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