Blazing Lazers

Blazing Lazers is a Vertical Scrolling Shooter for the TurboGrafx-16, produced by Hudson Soft and developed by Compile (whose name only appears in the game's end credits as "cooperator"). In Japan, it was titled Gunhed, and was a tie-in to a movie of the same name; however, the game and movie barely resemble each other.

The game has nine variously space-themed stages which are slightly wider than the screen.

Four weapon types are available, each of which can be upgraded by collecting purple orbs and items which give additional firepower.


 * Attack Drone
 * Boss Rush: Area 9.
 * Eenie Meenie Miny Moai: Moai appear in Area 5.
 * Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels: Normal Dog, Hard Human, Super Mania and God of the Game.
 * Macross Missile Massacre
 * Sequential Boss: The Final Boss.
 * Smart Bomb: The flashing pink orb.
 * Unstable Equilibrium: The last couple of levels are really hard, and they're even harder if you lose your weapons.
 * Womb Level: Area 4.