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Baltron

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Also known as
バルトロン

Control a starship to destroy an enemy super weapon in this horizontal shooter. Manage fuel and use lasers, bombs, and a screen clearing flash.

Baltron is a Famicom/NES game developed by Shouei System and published by Toei Animation, released in Japan on March 20, 1986. It was not released on any earlier platform, so the original release year is also 1986.


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Released
1986
Genre
Perspective
Side view
Visual
2D scrolling
Size
40.02 KB
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About Baltron

Baltron is a horizontal scrolling shooter set in the year 2999. The player pilots the Gistorias, Earth's fastest starship, to stop the Bismark Empire from completing a super weapon of the same name on the planet Star Lenion.

Ship management is a key element, requiring players to monitor and replenish a fuel gauge by collecting containers. The Gistorias is equipped with a laser and bombs for air-to-ground attacks, and it can deploy a screen-clearing flash bomb. Maneuverability includes changing speed, moving in both directions, and using a warp boost to escape danger.

The objective is to destroy the enemy base before the Baltron weapon becomes operational, making the mission challenging due to this time pressure and resource management.

Baltron Screenshots

10 images
Title screen
Story
Starting out
Firing shots
Lost a life
Get ready to have another go at it
Warping
Enemies closing in
About to enter the caves
In the caves