Heavy Unit

Heavy Unit is a shoot 'em up by Kaneko released in late 1988. The titular aircraft, "Heavy Unit" can change from a ship to a robot with depending power. Licensed by Taito. Home conversions were ported to the PC-Engine and Mega Drive.

Items

 * P: Increases power
 * S: Speeds up aircraft
 * T: Transforms into another vehicle
 * R: Shield
 * E: Earns you an extra life, can be changed via dipswitch

Ports
The arcade game saw two ports. The PC-Engine was developed by Inter-State in 1989, the consumer subsidiary of Kaneko debuted in 1985 and was their first game. The Mega Drive version on the other hand was developed by Funari and published by Toho a year later after the PC-Engine version. The Turbografx-16 version was re-released in Project EGG in 2015.

Trivia

 * Heavy Unit was one of the shoot 'em ups by Kaneko that scrolls horizontally than vertically (succeeding by Air Buster)

Sub Pages

 * Heavy Unit: Hidden Content
 * Heavy Unit: List Of Enemies
 * Heavy Unit: Staff