Ace Combat 8: Wings of Theve
PC · PC (Microsoft Windows)
Game dossier
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A PC Engine-exclusive horizontal shoot ’em up about recovering the shattered Sunheart.
The briefing
Bouken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart is a horizontal shoot ’em up released on January 4, 1992. The game follows a hero who must recover the Sunheart, a device broken into pieces and stolen by malicious eyeball enemies.
Traveling in a series of vehicles, the hero defeats boss creatures guarding each fragment of the lost device. The game is notable for allowing players to retain their power-ups after dying.