U.N. Squadron

U.N. Squadron
Sales flyer for the arcade version
Developer(s)Capcom
Publisher(s)Capcom
U.S. Gold (computers)
Director(s)Yoshiki Okamoto
Composer(s)Manami Matsumae
Platform(s)Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, Super NES, ZX Spectrum
ReleaseAugust 1989
SNES
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemCP System

U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side-scrolling shooting game released by Capcom for the CPS arcade hardware and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in Japan as Area 88 (Japanese: エリア88, Hepburn: Eria Hachi-Jū-Hachi),[2] and is based on the manga series of the same name, featuring the same main characters. Their mission is to stop a terrorist group known as Project 4. It was followed by a spiritual successor Carrier Air Wing.

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