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Vapor Trail

AKA: Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation, Kuuga: Operation Code "Vapor Trail", Kuhga - Operation Code Vapor Trail
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Vapor Trail

Vapor Trail is a shoot-'em-up that features 2 players controlling the jet fighters simultaneously for battle across numerous levels.

Year
1989
Developer
Data East
Publisher
Telenet Japan
Orientation
Vertical

SCREENSHOTS

PHYSICAL

STORY

Unidentified forces have taken over New York City, and a network of airborne military fleet is manned to reclaim the city. You play as one of three ships in the network: Sliph, a medium-speed attacker/fighter, Valkyrie, a low-speed attacker, and Seylen, a high-speed fighter. A second player can man a second ship for two-player combat.

1CC RUNS

One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.

SCORES

Source
Audience
Score
Reviews
Users
7 / 10
11

ACHIEVEMENTS 1 set

Tracked by RetroAchievements and earned in an emulator that reports to it. A game tracked on more than one machine gets a set for each, because they are different lists earned on different hardware.

Genesis/Mega Drive 27 achievements, 264 pts
  1. We'll go for a Ride in the sky...or not! 0
    Select Player - 5, Music Test - 10, and Voice Test - 03 (and play the voice): you can now skip levels with P2's controller via holding certain buttons while P1 selects their jet. Pauses achievements unless noted otherwise. See forum for more details.
  2. Bountiful Bombs 1
    Collect the Bomb Weapon.
  3. Marvelous Missiles 1
    Collect the Missile Weapon.
  4. Dutiful Defender 1
    Collect the Defender Weapon.
  5. Vulkan Vicissitude 2
    Collect the Vulkan Weapon (after having switched to any other weapon).
  6. S-Unit? You bet! 1
    Collect the S-Unit. You can detonate it by pressing C to destroy all enemies on-screen (except bosses)!
  7. Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger 5
    Have Max Speed, Max Weapon Power, a weapon different from Vulkan, and the S-Unit all at once.
  8. Did you get any of That? 1
    Mission 1 completed on any difficulty.
  9. Just Deserts 2
    Mission 2 completed on any difficulty.
  10. Planes, Trains, and Automobiles...I Mean Satellites 3
    Mission 3 completed on any difficulty.
  11. Submarine Tag-Team Scheme Deamed Extreme 4
    Mission 4 completed on any difficulty.
  12. Déjà vu 5
    Mission 5 completed on any difficulty.
  13. Nice Shot! 10
    Mission 6 completed on Easy or higher. You beat the game! Congrats!
  14. A Well Earned Break 25
    Game completed on Hard. Way to go!
  15. I Thought the Only Lonely Place was on the Moon 50
    Game completed on Hard without continuing. Incredible!
  16. Silph Savior 5
    You beat the game with the Silph jet.
  17. Valkyrie Victory 5
    You beat the game with the Valkyrie jet.
  18. Seylen Supremacy 5
    You beat the game with the Seylen jet.
  19. Tanks, But I Don't Need Your Help 5
    Beat the flying tank miniboss in Mission 1 on hard without picking up the S-Unit and without dying.
  20. Tank Sank 3
    Beat the flying tank miniboss in Mission 1 on hard with the S-Unit and without dying.
  21. Tankrantuala Terror 5
    Reach the midboss of Mission 2 on Hard without dying, and then defeat it. Level Select okay.
  22. Conscientious Objector (Mostly) I 5
    Mission 1 completed on any difficulty without firing a shot (until the boss) without dying. Must use default Control.
  23. Conscientious Objector (Mostly) II 10
    Mission 2 completed on any difficulty without firing a shot (until the boss) without dying. Level Select OK. Must use default Control.
  24. Conscientious Objector (Mostly) III 25
    Mission 3 completed on any difficulty without firing a shot (until the boss) without dying. Level Select OK. Must use default Control.
  25. Conscientious Objector (Mostly) IV 25
    Mission 4 completed on any difficulty without firing a shot (until the boss) without dying. Level Select OK. Must use default Control.
  26. Conscientious Objector (Mostly) V 50
    Mission 5 completed on any difficulty without firing a shot (until the boss) without dying. Level Select OK. Must use default Control.
  27. Barrel Rolls are for Furries 10
    Defeat the final boss on Hard without using the barrel roll ability nor detonating the S-Unit and without dying. Level Select OK. Must use default controls.

Achievement names, descriptions and badges are the work of the RetroAchievements community. View this set on RetroAchievements

RELEASES 2 systems

System
Platform
Year
Notes
ARC
Arcade
1989
Original release
GEN
Mega Drive / Genesis
1991

PHYSICAL RELEASES 1 box

Vapor Trail box art, Mega Drive / Genesis
GEN Mega Drive / Genesis

GAME DATA

Orientation
Vertical
Series
Kuhga
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