red planes, in which case the player will have a chance to receive a special weapon. The power up can also be cycled to various weapons by shooting it. Weapons include: Standard Machine Gun: The player comes first equipped with this. Firing two shots simultaneously when the fire button is pressed. Shotgun: Shoots a wide, short-ranged, shot of bullets. These bullets can also destroy enemy fire. If a second shotgun power-up is obtained it will increase its power Three-way MG: Like the standard MG but will also shoot bullets diagonally allowing for wider spread. Auto: Will shoot a short burst of eight bullets with every press of the fire button Shell: The shell, sometimes referred to as the Super Shell, will shoot a single line of shells with no spread. A wider spread can be obtained through the side fighter item. The shell is very powerful and require good accuracy and is the only weapon that can be continuously shot with the fire button being pressed down. Laser: A very rare item that shoots a powerful piercing laser. This item can be obtained by collecting the maneki-neko (beckoning cat) that will flash around the screen. Special Attacks There are three separate special attacks that the player can use by pressing the B button. Each attack uses a chunk of energy from the player. Using the attack cannot kill the player but instead the player will be unable to use the attack when low on energy. Lighting Attack: Only usable during the air section of the game. This attack instantly destroys any small air targets Tsunami Attack: Only usable during the surface attacks. Destroys all small air targets, damages ships, and stop the screen from scrolling for a few second. Cyclone: Destroys all enemy fire. Items There are five separate items that can be obtained through playing. POW: POWs can be obtained by destroying a group of red planes. A POW will restore 8 of the players energy. Energy tank: An energy tank can be obtained by shooting a POW or weapon enough to cycle it to the energy tank. The energy tank will restore 24 of the player's energy. Yashichi: Can be obtained by shooting special locations or obtained rarely by shooting a fighter under certain circumstances. This will completely refill the player's energy bar. Star: A very rare item to appear, more rare than the Yashichi. It will reset