Aero Fighters (Arcade)

Aero Fighters
Also known as: Sonic Wings (JP) Developer: Video System Publishers: Video System (JP), Mc O'River (US) Platform: Arcade (Aero Fighters hardware) Released in JP: March 1992 Released in US: April 1992 This game has debugging material. This game has regional differences.

The first game in the Aero Fighters series.

Check Mode Menu

Hold either of Player 1's buttons when entering the test mode to replace it with a more expansive "Check Mode" featuring multiple options for viewing background graphics ("back chr code check"), full backgrounds ("scroll check"), sprite graphics ("sprite code check") and individual sprites/objects ("object check"). Selecting "test play" exits the test menu and starts the game.

On each individual check screen, use Player 1's joystick to select one of the available options, and buttons 1 and 2 to increase/decrease the selected option.

(Source: Original TCRF research)

Regional Differences

Title Screen

Japan	International

The Japanese version uses a blue sky with multiple parallax scrolling clouds that move toward the right at different speeds, whereas international versions use a red background with scrolling orange clouds on a single graphics layer that moves to the left.