Desert Breaker (1992) Arcade [Casual Play]

Emulator Used: Mame (Official)

Enhancements: None
Machine: Desert Breaker (World) (FD1094 317-0196)
Hardware: Sega System 18
Developer: Sega
Publisher: Sega

Today we are going to play Sega's Desert Breaker. Desert Breaker top down run and gun that is similar to Capcom's Mercs. You play as 1 of 3 characters who must go into armed combat in a fictional conflict. While this game is similar to Mercs it is not as good.

About the best thing Desert Breaker has to offer are the weapons. You have your basic spread shot and machine gun, but you also have the Acid Gun which functions similar to the flame thrower, but seems to be more powerful. Sadly that is the best this title has to offer. The difficulty and the amount of enemies per screen in some areas is crazy and unfair. You can tell this was designed to take you quarters. Lastly you have the ability to bomb a part of the map in any level. Sadly you select the area before the mission where you have no good knowledge of where to place the bombing. This seems like a wasted opportunity as a you can take out only a few enemies as opposed to a many more. Thankfully this game is short so it has that going for it.

This game was not ported to any console, but was included in the Astro City Mini V which is a plug and play arcade system for the home.