Astro Fang: Super Machine

Astro Fang: Super Machine (アストロ・ファング, Asutoro Fangu)^[4] is a Family Computer video game that was released for an exclusively Japanese market in 1990.

Astro Fang: Super Machine
Japanese box art
Developer(s)	Soft Machine[1]
Publisher(s)	A-Wave[2]
Composer(s)	Akira Nakakuma[3]
Platform(s)	Family Computer[2]
Release	JP: October 26, 1990[2]
Genre(s)	Driving involving vehicular combat[2]
Mode(s)	Single-player

Gameplay

Somewhere in the galaxy lies the planet RS-121 – a desolate planet that has suffered terrible disasters which made life impossible.^[5]

Only one construction still remains on the planet – a highway called the Black Line.^[5] It is said that an ancient legend is somehow connected to this highway.^[5] Players must knock enemies off the road by using missiles before they can knock him off the same highway.^[5] Automobile repair shops can be found where cars can be repaired and re-supplied with much-needed weapons.^[5] The playable vehicle resembles a 1982 DeLorean while the unplayable enemy vehicles resemble dune buggies.^[6][7]

The game has an infinite amount of continues and a meter appears on the bottom left-hand side of the screen to remind how close the player is to achieving the goal.^[8]

Reception

Video Game Den gave Astro Fang: Super Machine a rating of 3 stars out of a possible 5 in their December 14, 2011 review.