is a vertical rail shooter

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, developed and published by

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and was first released on March 26, 1988 in

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for the Mark III as Gold Cartridge, December 31, 1988 in

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and later in

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Gameplay

Players fight against hundreds of robot warriors equipped with particle beam weapons. The game is played from the bird's eye view. The player's mission is to blast through nine levels of various 3D terrain, shooting aliens and ships on three different planes. One of the buttons is used to cycle through the three planes. Along the way, there are several bosses that the player has to defeat. The later ones drop a power-up, which the player can use to upgrade the ship. Some of the

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s include double shots and laser beams. Another power-up gives players an extra ship on their side. The first one joins the fight, later ones go into reserve. ''Blade Eagle'' is designed for play in conjunction with the Sega 3-D Glasses.

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* 1988 video games Rail shooters Master System games Master System-only games Video games with stereoscopic 3D graphics Video games developed in Japan {{rail-shooter-videogame-stub