''Twin Eagle: Revenge Joe's Brother'' is a vertically scrolling shooter

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which was published in 1988. It was developed by SETA Corporation and licensed to Taito. It was one of the first arcade to use extensive digital sampling, from digitized photos to a digitized soundtrack. Controlling a helicopter, the player shoots aircraft and other attackers to earn points. If certain buildings are destroyed, hostages are found and extra points are received for saving them. A NES port was published a year later by Romstar. ''Twin Eagle'' was followed up by a sequel in 1994, ''Twin Eagle II: The Rescue Mission'', also by SETA.

Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Twin Eagle'' on their May 15, 1988 issue as being the eleventh most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

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1988 video games Arcade video games Helicopter video games Nintendo Entertainment System games Romstar games Vertically scrolling shooters Video games developed in Japan {{shooter-videogame-stub