Area 88

Area 88

Aka: エリア88, Eria Hachi-Jū-Hachi
Console: Super Nintendo (SNES)
TV Standard: NTSC-J
Developer(s): Capcom
Publisher(s): Capcom
Release Date: 1991-07-26
Players: 1
Co-op: No
ESRB: Not Rated
Type: Shooter

U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side-scrolling shooting game released by Capcom for the CPS arcade hardware and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was released in Japan as Area 88 (Japanese: エリア88 Hepburn: Eria Hachi-Jū-Hachi), and is based on the manga series of the same name, featuring the same main characters. Here, their mission is to stop a terrorist group known as Project 4. It was followed by a spiritual successor Carrier Air Wing.