that empowers the jet's firing no matter what weapon is picked up previously and every jet's S-Unit attack differs from the others. Once the S-Unit is equipped, the player cannot use their previous weapons unless the S-Unit is detonated. Detonating the S-Unit does not harm the player, but it does harm the enemy as the unit will detonate in a large and powerful explosion. Mega Drive/Genesis release Vapor Trail was ported in-house by Data East to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1991. This version was supposed to be published by Data East, but for various reasons this was changed to Telenet Japan which released it in Japan under the Riot label and in the United States through its subsidiary Renovation Products. The port was very accurate to the arcade counterpart despite much stricter hardware and color limitations. Even the display ratio was maintained during conversion with the addition of the side bars. This port was also featured on the game show Nick Arcade, in the Video Challenge portion of the show. Sound effects from the game were sampled in the Snazin Smith song "Doctor Rhino". Reception In Japan, Game Machine listed Vapor Trail on their March 1, 1990 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month. The game was reviewed in 1992 in Dragon #178 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 3 out of 5 stars. Reviews Your Sinclair - Nov, 1990 Power Play - Mar, 1990 Zero - Nov, 1990 References External links Vapor Trail series at Hardcore Gaming 101 Vapor Trail: Hyper Offence Formation at arcade-history Kuuga – Operation Code Vapor Trail at arcade-history 1989 video games Arcade video games Data East arcade games Data East video games Sega Genesis games Telenet Japan games Vertically scrolling shooters Video games about terrorism Video games developed in Japan