Sonic Boom cover

Sonic Boom

First release
1987
Genres
Shooter, Arcade · Action

Sonic Boom is an arcade game shoot 'em up with a vertically-scrolling perspective in which the player is a US pilot, armed with the super-powerful Sonic Boom aircraft. Players must face six levels of cannon-fodder enemies in order to prevent the world being destroyed, but has 5 continues with 3 lives each to make use of. There is a boss at the end of each level which must be beaten in a time limit in order to progress. Most enemies are aircraft, but there are also tanks, trains, and turret installations to wipe out. Defeated waves of enemies reveal improved weaponry and other bonuses.

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Release dates
Arcade
1987
Amstrad CPC
1990
ZX Spectrum
1990
All 6 release dates
Commodore C64/128/MAX
1990
Amiga
1990
Atari ST/STE
1990
Game modes
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Keywords
modern warfare, shoot 'em up, high score, modern military, vertical scrolling