The Hardcore Retro God (Review #46 - Air Fortress)
Channel: The Hardcore Retro God
Date: 2017-03-03

After more than a month, You-Know-Who's been STRIVING to belt out yet another diatribe for the masses...and now, IT'S ABOUT DAMN TIME!!  First released in Japan in '87 and brought to the US & Australia 2 years later, this Gradius/Metroid hybrid revolves around a lone crusader and his struggle to save the planet Farmel from the chaos of the titular Air Fortresses' defenses which suck up each and every resource like they're Kirby (another HAL Laboratory reference)! 

The first portion of each excursion involves approaching the AF's base through its exterior area, a la the aforementioned Gradius; next, there's the interior area of the AFs where its reactors & core must be taken out before escaping each one - nothin' to it!!