Lost In Translation/Skull Fang

Skull Fang
Manufacturer	Data East Corporation
Released	1996
Control; Method	8-way Joystick; 4 Button(s)
Main CPU	ARM (@ 7.000 MHz)
Sound CPU	Stereo; YMZ280B (@ 14.000 MHz)
Video; Details	Raster (Vertical); 320 x 240 pixels; 58.00 Hz; 2,048 Palette colours
Screens	1
ROM Info	11 ROMs; 18,350,080 bytes (17.50 MiB)
MAME ID	skullfng

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About The Game

Skull Fang is an arcade video game.

Tips and tricks

Special Mode

(Boss battle only) On the scroll selection screen, hold UP then press B3(x5), B2(x3).

Very Hard

On the scroll selection screen, hold Right then press B2(x4), B3, B2, B3, B2(x2).

Hardest Mode

On the scroll selection screen, hold Left then press B2, B3(x2), B2, B3(x2), B2, B3(x3).

Thrust

If you select a 'Fighter' type pilot, you can use Thrust by 'code input' during in-game action: -

Back Thrust : Up, Left or Right, Down + B3 - Back attack.
Side Thrust : Right or Left, Down + B3 - Side attack.
Air Brake : Down(x2) + B3 - Temporary invincibility.
Hi-Ion Shield : Left, Right + B3 or Right, Left + B3 - B.Roll Power-Up.
SECRET : Down(x4), Up(x2), Down + B3 - Enabled rolling attack.

Series

Vapor Trail - Hyper Offence Formation (1989)
Rohga Armor Force (1991)
Skull Fang (1996)

Staff

Project Manager: Koji Jinbo
Project Leader: Minoru Sano
Software Design & Production Support: Wataru Iida; Ichikawa; Masaou Tomosawa
Hardware Design: Masao; Shingo Mitsui
Pixel Art Works: Hiroshi Tamawashi; Seiji Satoh; Yoshinari Kaihou; Tomoyuki Arakawa
Opening Movie Works: Hiroshi Tamawashi
Design Works: Hironori Kobayashi; Hiroshi Koga; Hiroshi Tamawashi
Sound Design: Maro
Character Voice (Arts Vision): Kan Tokumaru; Nobuyuki Hiyama; Isshin Chiba; Konami Yoshida; Michiko Neya
Character Voice (Data East): Steve Miller
Market Research & Adviser: Makoto Nagao; Hitoshi Kitazume
Marketing & Promotion: S.P. Ohshima; Tomohiko Ebi; Yasuo Sogajima
Technical Support: Tomoo Adachi; Shinichi Suzuki
Character Voice Support: Arts Vision
English Support: Steve Miller
Planning & Direction: Hironoki Kobayashi

Cabinet and Artwork

Skull Fang flyer.
Alternate Skull Fang flyer.

Ports

Consoles: Sega Saturn (1997)

Soundtrack Releases

Album Name	Catalogue No.	Released	Publisher	Comments
Skull Fang ~ Avengers in Galactic Storm	PCCB-00205^[1]	1996-02-21	Pony Canyon/Scitron	CD version.

References

↑ Skull Fang ~ Avengers in Galactic Storm (CD) at the VGMdb

The contents of this page are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License.
The sources used include MAME (version 0.113u2) and history.dat (revision 1.28 - 2008-10-18).
Please see http://www.arcade-history.com for credits.

[1] Skull Fang ~ Avengers in Galactic Storm (CD) at the VGMdb

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