Airfighting is game series made by Mecha Entertainment consisting of 11 titles which are named Airfighting, Airfighting 2, Airfighting 3, Airfighting Racing, The Airfighting Trilogy, Airfighting Trilogy, and Airfighting Racing Bundle, Airfighting 4, Airfighting 1 Remastered, The Airfighting Quadrilogy, Airfighting Racing 2, and The Airfighting Quadrilogy and Airfighting Racing 2 Bundle.
Airfighting 1[]
This 16-bit game is the first title of the series and was released in 1989 on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive by Mecha Entertainment. This game has the player in the third person playing as a fighter jet that goes around shooting down enemy fighter jets like the Rocket Jets and the Homing Jets through 96 levels of fun and starting is level 16 every ten levels there is a boss these 9 bosses are a gigantic jet, an aircraft carrier with battleships, a dinosaur inspired by Godzilla, a lava monster, a loch ness monster, a gigantic sentient tree, a snow monster with icicle arms, a giant robot, and the long-range missile. These enemies are a part of an evil group that is making a previously mentioned long-range missile to blow up the moon this evil group was formed by the game's main antagonist Doctor John .M Smith. In the last level player Shoots down the missile and if the player succeeds the missile will explode at the enemy base killing almost everyone then a cutscene will play showing celebration around the world and they will get the good ending. If the Player fails this level the cutscene will show the moon blowing up and they will get the bad ending. this game gained positive reviews and the main character was even considered to be the mascot of sega before sonic came around. If the player does not choose a name the game will name the character will be Jet Pilot. The dinosaur, lava monster, loch ness monster, gigantic sentient tree, and snow monster were experiments created by the evil corporation.
Airfighting 2[]
This 16-bit game was released in 1992 on The Sega Genesis/Mega Drive by Mecha Entertainment this game takes place right after the first game as the last member of the evil corporation fires an anti-aircraft missile at the jet from the first game as his last moment this missile hits the jet and sends it flying into the forest. In this game, the player must find the parts from his jet that fell off. Instead of being a third-person scrolling shooter, this game is a first-person shooter which made some fans mad at Mecha Entertainment for this. The player starts this game with a pistol in the first level but as you move through the 65 levels of this game you get more weapons such as a rocket launcher, grenades, and even an automatic assault rifle! Every ten levels starting in level 16 every ten levels there is a boss these bosses are a tank, a drill, a giant machine gun, a bomber jet, a super-soldier, and the enemy base. When the player finally rebuilds his ship they enter the last level where you get to fly around in a level similar to the levels in the first game and in this level you shoot at the previously mentioned enemy base where the enemies you fought in this game are building more weapons for themselves if the player succeeds a cutscene will play where the government will award the player a medal for bravery this will get the player the good ending and depending on the region this game is playing in the government that gifts you the medal will be different. If the player fails his jet will be shot down and the player will be executed by the troops this will get the player the bad ending. This game had a two-player mode where the players could choose characters like the Jet Pilot, Enemy troop, and a secret character called ??? which was the jet pilot but inverted and he used melee weapons instead like spears and swords you get this character after beating the main story. This game performed well like the previous game but not as good as the previous game because the fans said that there was false advertising because the game was a first-person shooter instead of a third-person scrolling shooter. This game was originally gonna be a platformer this was figured out when Mecha Entertainment released the concept art in 2014.
Airfighting 3[]
This 16-bit game was released in 1994 on the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive by Mecha Entertainment this game has the player back to being in a third-person scrolling shooter and takes place 2 years after the last game. in this game, the government tells the player to get in their jet and go fight enemy jets that appeared out of nowhere When the player finishes level 1 out of 98 he sees a jet similar to his but it's inverted this jet is piloted by ??? from the last game and his name in this game is the player's but backwards. When the player encounters this enemy they enter a boss battle and once the player beats the copycat he explains that he is a clone of the player that the troops from the second game made and he was the only thing to survive the base after the player attacked it in the second game he then explains that he made all the fighter jets that are attacking out of scrap from all the other fighting jets and materials he mined himself or stole and he's making a time machine to send this world back in time because he enjoys the past better than the present and wishes that this world will be in the past too. Every ten levels starting in level 18 unlike in the last two games where the bosses are original you fight him but he gets stronger and gains more weapons each time you fight him and in the last level, he uses medieval weapons before using his fight jet if the player succeeds the cutscene will show the jet pilot disabling the time machine and will get a world peace prize from the government giving the player the good ending again the government that gives you this will be different depending on your region just like the second game. If the player fails the cutscene will show the copycat using his time machine to put the world back in time like he wanted giving the player the bad ending. This game got better reviews than the first games and the angry fans forgave Mecha Entertainment for the "false advertising" from the second game. This game also has the two-player mode from the second game but with some more characters, weapons, and maps
Airfighting Racing[]
This 32-bit game was released in 1997 on the sega saturn by Mecha Entertainment this game is a spinoff of the main series witch is a racing game with 26 tracks and 52 characters witch include the main jet fighter, the copycat jet fighter, eneny jet fighters and a secret character called the long range missle from the first game witch when crashed into another jet makes the jet take longer to get back into the game while the missle takes the normal time but if you do this three times the missle will be out of the race and to get this character you must beat the world cup in this game. This game gained good reviews as fans were happy that them and their family could race together in the fans favriot series but people did critique it for being kinda of a copy of mario kart. This game was orignally planned for the sega 32x and to come out in july of 1997 but the Sega Genesis/Master system was discontiued so they had to spend some months porting it to the disks of the sega saturn wicth made them release in october of 1997 instead.
The Airfighting Triogly[]
This 16 bit compalation was relased in 1998 on the Sega Saturn by Mecha Entertainment this game contained the first three games along with a muesem that shows cover art and cutsences from the games and it also did include the two player mode from the second game it also included a poster showing a picture of all the characters and enemys from the first three games. this game was loved by fans as they got to play all three games at the same time.
The Airfighting Triogly and Airfighting Racing Bundle[]
This bundle includes The Airfighting Triogly and Airfighting Racing and was released in 1998 on the Sega Saturn by Mecha Entertainment. They deceiced to bundle them sence their realeses were around the same time but it doesn't include the poster from the oringal releases of the Airfighting triogly witch fans hated but it was the price of also one of the games included.
Airfighting 4[]
This Polygonal game was released in 2017 on PC, Nintendo Switch, Ps4, and Xbox one made by Mecha Entertainment this game takes place 20 years after the third game, and in this game, the government tells the player that their base on mars was taken over by Doctor John .M Smith from the first game but now he goes by Cyborg John .M Smith Because he was rebuilt by The minions of the Copycat Pilot and it took them insanely long. Once Cyborg John .M Smith came back he decided to steal rockets and upgrade them so that he and his small band of minions could go to mars and take over the base on mars that was created by the government. Before Cyborg John .M Smith was discovered he made a bunch of robot minions like the ones copycat made and made a bunch more enemy jets along with some bosses that he made. in the 1st level of 206, the player flies to the space center where at the end of the level the player gets the space fighter jet which they use to go to mars and liberate mars. Every 20 levels starting in level 26 there is a boss these bosses are a Robotic Asteroid, a Giant Anti-Aircraft Weapon, a UFO, a Giant Martain, a Dust Submarine, a Combination of the Dinosaur, The Lava Monster, Loch Ness Monster, Giant Sentient Tree, and Ice Monster from the first game, a Giant Space laser, a weaker version of copycat, Cyborg John .M Smith's right-hand man named Count Pinky Smithers and Cyborg .M Smith. This game has third-person scrolling shooter levels and first-person shooter levels and you fight the gigantic Asteroid, a Giant Anti-Aircraft Weapon, a UFO, a Giant Martain, a Combination of the Dinosaur, Lava Monster, Loch Ness Monster, and Giant Sentient Tree. the giant space laser and Cybor .M Smith in third person and you fight the bosses the Dust Submarine, Weaker Copycat, and Count Pinky Smithers in first person. in the last level of the game, the player fights Previous mentioned Cyborg .M Smith who has a giant robot once you beat that phase he turns into a fighter jet like yours, and once you beat that phase he launches a weapon called the Inter-Planetary Missle and explains that he was gonna blow up the earth for revenge against the player and the world and when he launches it the player has to shoot it down if the player succeeds the cutscene the jet pilot will say he has slowed it down but it will still hit the earth so the jet pilot redirects the rocket to mars by crashing into it which makes it go to mars the jet pilot yells as his fighter jet continues to grind against the rocket until the rocket almost hits the planet where he says "it was all worth it" and then it cuts to mars exploding killing Cyborg John .M Smith forever. After the jet pilot dies the earth has a funeral for him with the leader of the country (which changes depending on your region) says he was a great hero that saved everything on earth and one year after the event the camera pans to the sky showing that the fragments of mars have turned into a second moon for us giving the player the good ending.If the player fails the Jet pilot crashes into earth shortly before the rocket explodes the earth and cuts to Cyborg .M Smith laughing manically giving them the bad ending. Mecha Entertainment said they made the game polygonal because they said if they did make a Airfighting 4 game for the Sega Saturn it would have been polygonal they also said they would have released Airfighting 4 but the Sega Saturn was discontinued shortly after the Airfighting trilogy and Airfighting Racing bundle came out and they made a deal with Sony to make the game The Clone Commando for the PS2 so they were busy on that. This game also includes the two-player mode from the second game but is updated with more characters, weapons, and maps. this game was loved by fans as the last game in the series was 19 years ago.
Airfighting 1 Remastered[]
This Polygonal game was released in 2017 on Pc, Nintendo Switch, Ps4, and Xbox one made by Mecha Entertainment this game is a remake of Airfighter 1 but in Polygonal style, this game also contains a museum where you can look at the concept art for airfighting 1 and you can even read the original manual for the game! Mecha Entertainment made this game Polygonal because they and the fans liked the style of Airfighting 4. This game does not contain the two-player mode from the second game because it wasn't in the original. fans loved that they had an updated version of the game that started it all.
The Airfighting Quadiology[]
This Polygonal Game was released in 2021 on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, And Xbox Series S made by Mecha Entertainment this game contains Airfighting 1 Remastered, Airfighting 4, and remasters Airfighting 2 and 3 with polygonal graphics just like Airfighting 1 remastered. this game also contains the museum but with concept art for all the games including concept art for all the games including airfighting 4, look at the manuals for 1,2,3,4, and racing, and also contains cutscenes like The Airfighting Trilogy had. unlike Airifghting 1 Remastered this game has the two-player mode from the second game. This game was gonna come out in 2020 but due to covid, it had to be postponed to 2021. Fans roared with joy when this game came out as they were asked to play an updated Airfighter 2 and 3 after Airfighter Remastered came out. Just like The Airfighting Triogly, This game includes a poster of all the characters from 1,2,3,4, and even racing! but if you got the virtual version it gave you the same art but you could use it as a background for the system.
Airfighting Racing 2[]
This Polygonal Game was released in 2021 on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, And Xbox Series S made by Mecha Entertainment this game is a continuation and The Spinoff Airfighting Racing, and the main gimmick of the game is upgrading your character like upgrading the fighter jet into the space fighter jet or upgrading the long-range missile into the Inter-Planetary Missle. This game has 100 Tracks and 0ver 100 characters. This game was loved by fans as they again got to play a racing game with their families like they did in 1997 and it was even better than Airfighting Racing 1. This Gae=me was Polygonal because fans liked the design and Mecha Entertainment decided why not make the game Polygonal like the Newer games of the Series Coming out.
The Airfighting Quadiology and Airfighting Racing 2 Bundle[]
This Bundle contained The Airfighting Quadiogly and Airfighting Racing 2 and was released in 2022 on PC, Nintendo Switch, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, And Xbox Series S by Mecha Entertainment. They decided to do this because they probably weren't going to make another Game in the Airfighting Series. After all, the main character was killed in Airfighting 4. Unlike The Airfighting Trilogy and Airfghting racing bundle, this still gave you the poster/Background that came with one of the games.