Legendary Wings

Legendary Wings
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
Director(s)Takashi Nishiyama
Designer(s)Hiroyuki Kawano
Hiroshi Matsumoto
Akira Kitamura
Composer(s)Arcade
Tamayo Kawamoto
NES
Tamayo Kawamoto
Manami Matsumae
Platform(s)Arcade, NES
ReleaseArcade
November 1986[1]
NES
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter, platform
Mode(s)Up to 2 players, simultaneous

Legendary Wings (アレスの翼, Aresu no Tsubasa, "The Wings of Ares") is a fantasy-themed shoot-'em-up / platformer arcade video game released by Capcom in 1986. The player takes control of a young soldier equipped with magical wings who must save the world from a malfunctioning supercomputer. A home version for the Nintendo Entertainment System was released exclusively in North America in 1988. The original coin-op version is included in Capcom Classics Collection for PlayStation 2 and Xbox and in Capcom Classics Collection Remixed for PlayStation Portable.

  1. ^ "Ares no Tsubasa at Capcom's video game gallery" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on December 1, 1998.
  2. ^ "NES Games" (PDF). Nintendo of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 11, 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.