Blazing Lazers, known in Japan as Gunhed (ガンヘッド?), is a 1989 shoot 'em up video game developed by Hudson Soft and Compile. It was released in Japan on July 7, 1989 (1989-07-07) for the PC Engine, and it was released in North America in November 1989 for the TurboGrafx-16. It was later released on the Wii's Virtual Console in North America on May 21, 2007 (2007-05-21), in Europe on May 25, 2007 (2007-05-25), in Australia on July 30, 2007 (2007-07-30), and in Japan on June 17, 2008 (2008-06-17). It was released for the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 21, 2010 (2010-07-21). It is based on the Japanese film Gunhed (only referenced in the Japanese version). In the game, a fictional galaxy is under attack by an enemy space armada called the Dark Squadron, and this galaxy's only chance for survival is the Gunhed Advanced Star Fighter, who must destroy the Dark Squadron and its Super Weapons. The gameplay features fast vertical scrolling and a wide array of weapons for the player to use.
Blazing Lazers was developed by the same personnel who developed other video game series such as Puyo Puyo and Super Bomberman as well as other games such as Zanac, The Guardian Legend, and DoReMi Fantasy: Milon's DokiDoki Adventure. It was one of the first games released for the TurboGrafx-16 and has received critical praise for its graphical capabilities, lack of slowdown, intense gameplay, and sound.
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