Fire Mustang

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Fire Mustang
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥6,8006,800 T-11123

Fire Mustang (ファイアームスタング) is a 1991 shoot-'em-up for the Sega Mega Drive released exclusively in Japan, and a port of the 1990 arcade game USAAF Mustang. Both versions were developed by NMK; exactly how Taito got the license to a game originally published by the unrelated UPL is unknown.

Gameplay

You play as the pilot of a P-51 Mustang in World War II defeating both the German and Japanese naval air forces. A shoots a single shot, while C rapidfires; when you fire, you release both an "anti-air" shot straight ahead and drop an "anti-ground" bomb below. B fires the "Forcer", a limited-use special weapon. Two types of powerups can improve the main shot (both types at once) or add to your Forcer stock, and there are rare extra life icons hidden somewhere in the game.

Like many NMK games, there are eight stages, and after beating them Mustang has you "loop" into a harder version of itself (only once?). Strangely, losing all lives forces you to continue, so a player needs to be fast about recording their score.

Production credits

  • Produced by: Yousuke Ono
  • General Director: Yukio Tomonari
  • Program Director: Tamio Merry
  • Programer: Kazuhiro
  • Music Composer: Hide-Kaz
  • Character Designer: Ikezu Kenzi


Magazine articles

Main article: Fire Mustang/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
76 №2, p64/65
35 №117, p96/97[1]
84 №9
22 №5, p92
68 №18, p176
59 №1, p77/78
20 №23, p53
64 №3, p18[2]
55 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
 54
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
40
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
65
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
76
[5]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
65
[6]
Cool Gamer (RU)
20
[7]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
35
[1]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
55
[9]
Games-X (UK)
84
[10]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
40
[11]
Joystick (FR)
68
[12]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-J
22
[13]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[14]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
59
[15]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
59
[16]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
0
[17]
Sega Pro (UK)
64
[2]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
55
[18]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
58
[19]
Super Gaming (US)
67
[20]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
60
[21]
Sega Mega Drive
 53
Based on
21 reviews

Fire Mustang

Mega Drive, JP
FireMustang MD JP Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
FireMustang MD JP Manual.pdf
Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 eb7e36c3
MD5 93bf1aeebf5ab3c1a6ff204208d4518b
SHA-1 6daa07738b8f62659f2a3be01d3adc8557b879c5
512kB 1991-05 Cartridge (JP)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:CVG UK 117.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 117.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf, page 18 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaPro UK 03.pdf_p18" defined multiple times with different content
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 81
  4. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-08), page 29
  5. ↑ Consoles +, "Octobre 1991" (FR; 1991-10-05), page 64
  6. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 130
  7. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 86
  8. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 315
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1991-xx-xx" (JP; 1991-06-14), page 19
  10. ↑ Games-X, "21st-26th June 1991" (UK; 1991-06-21), page 37
  11. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1991" (JP; 1991-05-02), page 41
  12. ↑ Joystick, "Juillet/Août 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 176
  13. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 92
  14. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "August 1991" (JP; 1991-07-08), page 123
  15. ↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 78
  16. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 138
  17. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  18. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  19. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  20. ↑ Super Gaming, "Fall 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 6
  21. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 14
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