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Air Fortress
Play Air Fortress online. Gather energy and Crash Beams in space, infiltrate shifting-gravity mazes, destroy all eight reactors and escape each collapse.
Browser play
Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) / Famicom — EmulatorJS controls
Default Player 1 keyboard mapping. Change keys in Controller Settings.
| Console button | Keyboard |
|---|---|
| ↑ / ↓ / ← / → | ↑ / ↓ / ← / → |
| A / B | Z / X |
| START / SELECT | Enter / V |
Open Controller Settings to configure your keyboard or gamepad. Touch controls are available on mobile.
How to Play Air Fortress
Quick start
Keep a steady stream of fire on the air base, but steer for E and B capsules before chasing bonus targets. Once inside, use small directional taps and land often; reckless floating drains the same energy needed to survive damage and fire Beam Bullets. Spend A shots on common enemies and reserve B's finite Crash Beams for anything blocking progress or guarding the reactor. Take note of every lift and branch. The instant the core is destroyed, reverse your route and make for the exit without detours, as the escape phase punishes uncertain navigation.
Controls
Air Base: D-Pad moves the craft, A or B fires unlimited beams, Start pauses. Inside: D-Pad handles walking and low-gravity flight, A fires the regular energy-consuming beam, B launches a limited Crash Beam, and Start pauses. To continue via password after startup, press Start, Select and Start, enter the code with the D-Pad, then confirm with Start.
Air Fortress — About this game
HAL Laboratory's Air Fortress links two styles into one continuous resource challenge. Hal first rides the Light Blaster across a scrolling air base, collecting capsules that set his energy and Crash Beam ammunition for the interior. The second section slows into a labyrinth where gravity shifts, flight and ordinary shots consume energy, and brief rests on firm ground restore it. Strong Crash Beams must be rationed for serious threats. Reaching and destroying the reactor is only the midpoint of the climax, because Hal still has to navigate back to the escape hatch as the living fortress fails around him.
Cheats
No cheats have been added for this edition.
Player verification and sources
Browser play was reviewed before this edition was published in the catalogue. The date below is the catalogue publication date, not the game’s original release date.
- Browser test and catalogue publication date
- Browsers and devices
- PC: Chrome, Edge and Firefox. Mobile: Chrome on Android and Safari on iPhone and iPad.
- Player engine and core
- EmulatorJS 4.3.0-pre · nes
- Tested by
- rwEmulator
Sources and editorial basis
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