Is Aero Fighters Worth Playing Today? - SNESdrunk

Definitely not worth the price, but still a good game...
New SNES-related video every Tuesday, and something else (Genesis, Game Boy, whatever) on Thursdays
SNESdrunk's Patreon page, if you're into that sort of thing: / snesdrunk
Binge watch SNESdrunk: • All Reviews (Newest to...

[@TheGunmanChannel]

$600+ for a SNES game 😁 good thing we can just watch a SNESdrunk vid. Thanks again for the vids man 👊

[@SNESdrunk]

Thank you for watching

[@SlyBeast]

Funny, I clearly remember this game being in the bargain bin back in the day for $10. Talk about missed opportunity...

[@SmaMan]

It's like when I'd go to Sam's Club with my dad and find nothing but Conker's Bad Fur Day all over their video game section for $10-15. The game never interested me back then, but damn that would've been the time to snag it.

[@solcreate490]

SmaMan That's how I got Conkers BFD. On the other hand, I passed up Secret of Mana at $39 and Snatcher at $16. Even though I loved the former, I had moved on to PSX games (early 96)...which are all worth next to nothing now.

[@titmaus7732]

Earthbound was 10 or 15 bucks at my local gamestore back in the day cause nobody would buy them lol

[@andybrinks3784]

Reminds me of when I used to see the CD of Satyricon's Dark medieval times at my local record shop for the standard $16. Its a great album, but I kept putting off buying it. Now the damn thing is out of print, and goes for 40 clams and up on Amazon. Always careful to snag the things like that now!

[@chriskoschik391]

I borrowed my friend's Megaman X3 as a kid and he moved to another state without grabbing it from me. It sits proudly in my collection as a lucky charm lol

[@TheWhiskeyDictionary]

You forgot to tell me to have a great rest of my day!

[@BillyLavoie]

I kept waiting and waiting... and nothing :( now I’m going to have a terrible day

[@vitorkk328]

It's been some time since he hasn't wish us that... No wonder my life is going bad lately

[@GamingPalOllieMK]

Good catch! This truly is unforgivable!

[@rpghero46]

no" good rest of your day" from the drunk 🤔 maybe the summer heat got to him lets give him a break. next time we expect double serving of politeness from him. i hate aero fighthers but then most MOST snes shooters...are...a tad generic.

[@Ramjet164]

My day is now ruined, bet something shit happens lol

[@jakescukobyte]

Sonic Wings Special on PS1 is still my favorite vertical scrolling shooter ever. Countless times we beat that game with friends with all characters. As well as a lot of times I booted up that disc just to play on my own for 20-30 minutes and stayed up playing for 2-3 hours, because it is so addictive. I love how it doesn't throw you into a bullet hell situations on the second minute of first level. This game has a perfect difficulty curve, which grows steadily with each level and boss. 600$+ is definitely not a worthy price for any game period. That's why this game should be re-released on modern consoles, so that many more people could experience it.

[@thevideogamebrothers3006]

I actually found this game at a garage sale this year. Great game!

[@user-uh1ew4zg1b]

Sonic wings special is not a compilation of games. Its a one game-mishmash of different fighters and levels from those 3 games + new stuff

[@AmuroRae]

I used to rent this game all the time from my local place. Wish I'd known it was gonna be that rare....would have snagged it when they cleared their inventory.

[@no_torrs]

Wooo! this is still my favorite vertical shoot em up for the system. I actually like how short it is, I've still only managed to beat it once.

[@HeNnEsSy_HiCcUpS]

Do not pick usa. They are the only bad country,everyone else is good

[@jasonwalker7729]

Back in the day, all we needed with this game was two controllers and a 12 pack of Surge.

[@MrDube]

The prices man, the prices... I have nightmares...

[@AlidarJarok1]

I know how you feel man. This is why I got the Japanese version complete in box for $70 a few years ago.

[@bxgeo5180]

MMTV my bank account laughs at me

[@JetWolfEX]

I remember when Hagane was $50, I used to have a copy, sold it for obvious reasons, the prices are insane now.

[@ModernGamesSuck]

Just buy SNES classic and download all the roms you want, including this.

[@323GONZALEZ]

I have sonic wings and super aleste. Those are my favorite shoot em up/shooter games for super nintendo/famicom. Worth the buy if you get Japanese version 😎👍

[@chrisrichards2350]

Have a great rest of your day. And keep up these great video's.

[@LeeLee-gv9ih]

I am really thankful for this channel. The Snes is the greatest console ever to me. I am surprised it did not sell more than 100mil because back then it seemed a lot bigger than it was. I was, and still kinda am, a Snes fanboy. I subscribed to a lot of the magazines like Nintendo Power, Electronic gaming monthly, and Game informer. Such great memories. My first console was an Atari 2600 btw. That will give you a good idea of how old I am.

[@SmaMan]

2:43 - It's actually whenever you run out of lives on later levels in general (depending on the difficulty). If you have to continue on any of the first 4 levels, you're usually ok, but they throw that in on difficulty to, as you said, pad out the length of the game.

[@alphaascii]

Here in Brazil, where i live there is an arcade with sonic wings still working, last summer i spend probally 50 R$ (17 $) on coins to play it, great times, hands were hurting after that (no autofire)

[@lostinlymbo13]

Dude natsukashi. I used to play this with a buddy back home. We'd get a 12 pack of Steel Reserve (demon piss in a can if you don't know what it is) and play this with an emulator. Such good times. I was so stoked to see this in my subscription feed.

[@JetWolfEX]

I got my copy of Sonic wings years ago for just $15, the person on ebay didn't mention it was complete, they included the box snd everything without telling me, which was a nice surprise. I'm kind of shocked to see the price for a complete JP version these days.

[@angelotorres1]

great review, covered everything I thought

[@lanceuppercut6168]

Scrooge McDuck money bin is right. I never had a SNES growing up and recently got one from a friend in exchange for fixing his car, and when I ran to Craigslist/Offer Up/EBay/etc. to look for games to buy was floored at the prices of a lot of the games. It was like a kick to the family jewels. Here I finally had the console I never did and I still wouldn't be able to play the games XD Welp, I guess it's emulator for me, but at least the console makes for nice decor :P

[@shirayasha]

I grew up playing this on an arcade cabinet at a local pizza place. 15 or so years later I bought the sonic wings game on super famicom and it brings back a lot of memories. Some pizza places will still carry aero fighters if they have a few cabinets.

[@GaggleofDoozies]

Glad I got this downloaded on my Snes Classic. 😊

[@pizzaiolom]

Caught myself humming the theme of Russia's stage earlier today even though its been over twenty years since the last time I played it. Didnt expect this price tag god damn. Really with I didnt sell this one and my Megaman 8 (Sega Saturn) copies back in the day lol

[@Drinkabeerandplayagameofficial]

Looks like a fun one, may have to get the import

[@steakcrust558]

yeah i have a hard time paying 10% of that game for normal games

[@pepekong]

I have a mint condition copy of this game that I got a few years back for about a hundred dollars and I've held on to it ever since. Pretty fun game.

[@GamingPalOllieMK]

So glad I got my Sonic Wings long before this video came out :) Watch as Sonic Wings skyrockets in price too now

[@reylionelsun4408]

There's actually a secret 5th pair of fighter jet that can be actually be unlocked with a code that you get when you beat the game on the highest difficulty, and believe it or not it's a pair of flying rabbits with broken but amazing abilities and not to mention they're so small, fairly fast and very agile that dodging is so easy, And there is also another code that unlocks a boss rush mode, where you face all the bosses in one game except the final bosses, you can get the when you play as the secret fighter jet

[@PhaseForeign]

I played Aero Fighters Assault for N64. It was a 3D battle flight simulator and it was good times. Had no idea it was the sequel to a game on the SNES

[@tristanjohns5288]

I remember renting this game a lot and seeing multiple copies of this at my rental stores and the arcade cabinet at 2 different restaurants; this being at a back woods small town, so I never thought this game to be rare (maybe new in box, but I don't see the point of those if you actually want to play games). Maybe a case of artificial inflation?

[@Ragesauce]

It's a neat game, but these prices are way out of line. This game...a loose copy was $30-50, a complete copy was around $100. Now people are asking for over $10,000 for it. I've played it and I gotta tell you, for 20 minutes of entertainment, you can spend that kind of money on something else.

[@SECONDQUEST]

People aren't buying it for "20 minutes of entertainment" they are buying it as a collectors item. It's not a hard concept to understand...

[@joseluki]

Those are inflated prices but a lot of idiots that now believe that the trash they found in their closet is pure gold, hence the overprice in all retro console products. That you see a lot of inflated prices on Ebay and similars does not mean that anybody is paying for that.

[@ICharlyl]

This is one of those cartridges that is expensive AF but has a shit ton of listings and new ones keep popping out. I see this game more frequently that Tetris DS

[@VGElucidator]

I thought this game sounded familiar. I really enjoyed this game as a kid. The speed at which the fighters fire their shots was one of the most satisfying parts if this game. At some points, shown in your video too, it just looks like a blinking wall of bullets.

[@JoshRafail]

Now how am I going to have a good rest of my day? darn it

[@miguelsimal4432]

Really curious to see a Wings 2 review!

[@hectorrojas8019]

I just found one today and couldn't believe it!

[@retrorami]

I had this (well, actually, it was a pirate Sonic Wings cart but whatever) back in the day and yeah, it was amazing to play co-op. I played Aero Fighters 2 and 3 in the arcades, but for some reason, i always liked the first one on the SNES better than the sequels.

[@Ghost_Of_SAS]

It's one of those games without rapid fire that forces you to keep mashing the button unless you have a turbo controller. That alone has always put me off it.

[@psychonaraproductions1144]

Yeah, this seems like another one of those situations where maybe back in the day, the port made sense. But I feel like if you have the original arcade version on a more modern platform or on an emulator, it would seem too stupid to buy the SNES version for the price it's going for.

[@CaptAwesumNo1Zone]

Love Aero Fighters

[@tollban]

Now, it looks amazing!

[@x3frankV]

I recently found this game on my modded Xbox is the best

[@Michirin9801]

Of course it's worth playing, this game is awesome! Shame nobody else talks about it... This is one of those games I always bring up when a Sega fanboy says "the SNES doesn't have any good shooters", along with Axelay, Spriggan powered, Super SWIV and maybe Super Aleste (I say "maybe" because I'm not a big fan of it, I don't see what makes it so special, but since a lot of people love it so much...)

[@colonelsandwich641]

Don't forget Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie and R-Type 3

[@Michirin9801]

I actually didn't know about Macross: Scrambled Valkyrie, and haven't played a whole lot of R-Type 3...

[@JetWolfEX]

Nice, Macross is one of the best on Snes, R-type 3 is very polished, but can be frustrating. Michirin9801 I like Aleste because of the detailed graphics, it was a big deal for Snes at the time because of the lack of slowdown, I also like the long stage length, it felt like I got my moneys worth at the time. I can understand not enjoying it much though, it has different pacing than most others. Pop'n twinbee is another high-quality top down shooter for Snes.

[@Michirin9801]

Oh yes, I LOVE Pop'n Twinbee! I can't believe I forgot to mention it, that game is gorgeous!

[@racerxgundam]

i would throw in the parodius games on the snes and twin bee into the mix of top tier snes shooters too.

[@alejandrovaldez9848]

In case you guys want to play Aero Fighters 2 and 3, they finally got released on the PS4 Store and Nintendo Switch eShop.

[@rastapopolus7001]

I got the arcade version of the first on Switch. Even with the unlimited tries the final stage is the most ridiculous experience I ever had in a video game.

[@jaymethysell5111]

I highly recommend the NEO GEO versions of Sonic Wings 2 and 3. But it's really hard because you have unlimited continues until you reach the last level. So make sure you go into that with as many extra lives as possible.

[@retrosoul8770]

Yeah this is a solid shooter for Snes. My favorite 16-bit vertical shooters are Raiden 2 (on arcade or Ps1 Raiden Project port amazing game), Fire Shark and Musha. This one would be somewhere down the line after Space Megaforce though. Grateful for roms allowing us to try games like this, massive shame if they're taken away.

[@retrosoul8770]

I also enjoy my shooters short, I'm all about quality over quantity, would rather play a game with 5-7 excellent levels vs 10-12 ok, or "good" levels. Makes me feel like I can just pick up and play through w/o needing so much time on my hands in one sitting.

[@Isoquant]

Never heard of that publisher but this is an excellent vertical shooter

[@KEN-1991]

Fun Fact: Jackie Chan owned a copy of Sonic Wings on his Super Famicom.

[@michaelknight8459]

How many coop shmups are there on the SNES? I know there's Firepower 2000 and if you count games like Super Smash TV. I tested out Aero Fighters, I found it easier using the plane that shoots from both the front and back. You can also do a roll if your getting hit with heavy fire, then the bullets don't hit. I think what really makes it stand out on the SNES is the choice of 4 planes and the coop. It seems like a good game to pick up and play in short burst. Even the Genesis didn't have many coop shmups. They had Vapor Trail, Forgotten Worlds, Air Buster, and probably the best one on that system is Bio Hazard Battle. You should do some review of those too!

[@SlyBeast]

Darius Twin is co-op.

[@SylvainJoly82]

If you like japanese folklore, I highly recommend Pocky & Rocky.

[@torgogorgo1888]

Strike Gunner STG on SNES is coop...man that game could have been good, as is, it's somewhat interesting but incredibly bland in many ways. Raiden Trad is co-op but it's a pretty crummy port (passable if you really need coop shooter).

[@JetWolfEX]

I was going to mention some but these people know their stuff, I guess sunset riders and Wild guns counts right? All of the parodius games are 2 player

[@dragonskulle7283]

Wicked game, soundtrack is so cool and catchy

[@worsel555]

I know of a guy who sold his copy of this game just to make the down payment on his new house, it's way up there. As for me I have been interested in this game for my SNES since I own the originals on my Neo Geo MVS, I like having the same game on different consoles just to see how things were changed/ported.

[@Solowing0331]

I really liked the n64 aero fighters too

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

Aero fighters 64 is a good game, but the core team of the previous games disbanded and form Psikyo (from Strikers 1945 series)

[@worsel555]

I have that CIB, it's different but okay.

[@writeronfire]

The 3rd one is worth playing if you can get Retroarch on your Wii 😉

[@expendable6373]

If I'm not mistaken the last Boss can be different if certain criteria is achieved, but I really cant remember

[@user-uh1ew4zg1b]

Its random

[@danlab99]

You should do a review of Rygar for the NES.

[@niespeludo]

Is it worth it? For sure, this is one of my favorite SNES titles ever and the game that made me love shmups. This game was also the start of Psykio, which is the reason fans seek it so much.

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

No pal it is most certainly not worth 600 bucks.

[@niespeludo]

@@FuelAirSparkTime No game is... as a game, it is fun. I already said _why_ this game is so coveted. Besides, the question on the title is "Is Aero Fighters Worth Playing Today?"... not "is it worth buying". LEarn how to read pal.

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

@@niespeludo I'll give you the benefit of the doubt that you were referring to it being worth playing and not being worth the absurd price. I know how to read just fine but I should have considered what you were actually saying.

[@niespeludo]

@@FuelAirSparkTime Honestly, tone and meaning get lost in written form a lot so can't blame you. Sorry if it sounded snarky or anything.

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

@@niespeludo I appreciate that but in this case I deserved it

[@Nemesis_T_Type]

I have seen this game in the arcades but never actually played it because I'm more into fighting games.

[@7thangelad586]

This one is fantastic: level up for being two player simultaneously! But it’s a literal projectile hell!

[@PrekiFromPoland]

Real-life aircraft shooting shurikens or lasers piloted by a literal ninja (or Japanese idol girl, or a modern-day Swedish Viking), parts of Kremlin and Russian churches fiercely attacking you... and space baboons. 10/10 setting. I love how Tom White of Weird Video Games covered this one in his video.

[@milescurtisnorwood9957]

Yo Snesdrunk, you think you can do a "Is Mutant Fighter worth playing today" review?

[@danmakuman]

Bought this one some years ago, and played it but didn't feel like it is great. Not bad at all, everything is well done but it hasn't the same level of awesomeness like Super Aleste or Macross. there are good shmups for the system but I think if you are into that genre better looking somewhere else like the PC Engine, Mega Drive or Sega Saturn.

[@christopherearl8948]

You can actually play as eight different characters; to use the other 4 you plug the controller into the player 2 port.

[@DespairBringer]

Had this game back in the day, sold It 2 years ago for 550$ (cartidge only, and poster).

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

Lucky some idiot with more money than brains came along looking to waste it eh?

[@MatticusFinch83]

Need to add this ROM to the classic.

[@JohnSmith-td7hd]

Looks so good.

[@leeartlee915]

I’m convinced, time to head to ebay and max out my credit card.

[@dwharton8983]

Damn that game does look cool

[@yomnakhaled6916]

I own the cart only of this game, I got it back when it was worth $100 CAD.

[@CharlesFitzgerald-pm5uk]

I have been playing this on my wii thank god for emulators

[@nathangamer]

1:04 Nah, that'd be Raiden Trad.

[@emfs9522]

Most game you review are so expensive. That has nothing to do with you, but you get me excited. With Emulation getting axed these games will be forgotten.

[@louisdellalucca8969]

I never played this one. I played Aero Fighters Assault on N64 though.

[@yourdirge]

If only we had analog buttons for snes; we would have had 360-firing scrolling shooters. That would have been something!

[@bxgeo5180]

Hell yeah! To bad it's freaking expensive smh

[@torgogorgo1888]

Prices are high in general, but this one has always been an outlier. It just happens to be very good and quite rare (also seems to have the made in Mexico label which means a ton of copies have dog shit labels). I've wanted it since it was closer to 250-300, years ago, but it shall never happen unless I grab Sonic Wings.

[@MrJWTH]

Does anyone else know what the third game that was suppose to be?

[@dbnpoldermans4120]

best shmup on sfc

[@Cellfix]

I just a bought a cheap repro cartridge of it for like 5-7 bucks with free shipping, I know it's a fake, but I only pay that large sum of money when it comes to my rare jrpg's man ^_^

[@gameglitcher4]

Ironically, the bare arcade pcb of this game costs way less now.

[@mo_musashi_284]

Layaway for complete in box lol

[@foxxy_boxxy6662]

I would love to hear snesdrunk's thoughts on the removal of rom websites

[@SNESdrunk]

It was bound to happen eventually. But, ROMs are a gray area because there isn't a way for the original people that worked on the games to see any money for their work. (Unless of course the games made available as part of a comp or on the VC or whatever.) Otherwise, why would Gamestop be allowed to sell old used games?

[@foxxy_boxxy6662]

Absolutely, I mean, I get that Nintendo is completely within their rights to protect their IPs but I also think it's a damn shame for a multitude of reasons. We would've have never been able to appreciate a lot of these games without the emu communities and channels like yours bringing awareness to these forgotten/overlooked classics. Hell I think it even helps the sales of their repackaged games. Thanks for all that you do man, I admire the work you put into this channel.

[@boxerblake1]

That's why I bought Sonic Wings. It's far more reasonable, and the CD version is good too.

[@randycruel]

Wish it had turbo fire. Hate 16 bit shooters that make you keep hitting your buttons.

[@livvy94]

This game is where “nerdfighters” came from. KZbin history right here, DFTBA

[@weewee2169]

vince94 i was hoping someone would say this

[@spectrecruz2697]

I remember wasting endless quarters playing this at the arcade. Never knew it came out on snes

[@Sarcophagus74]

I stole Scrooge's number one dime!

[@vectrex28]

I got lucky as hell and got that one for 10 bucks the other day. Great game but I wouldn't ever have bought it for its current price

[@Codoloco1]

Its worth playing because Im hammered

[@Weareonenation303]

I love how retro purists want people to play games on the original hardware when a lot of these old games are beyond unaffordable for most people. I was just looking up the prices for the DS Pokemon games a few hours ago and came to the cruel realization that loose Platnium copies are going for almost $100! It's hilarious seeing people want $40 just for the box! I bought Soulsilver back when it came out (Still have the game.) and am sad that I threw away the box! This port is a nice collectible and nothing else when it can be easily emulated nowadays. Wish retro games would cool down, prices have skyrocketed for old stuff since 2010 and don't show any signs of slowing down!

[@WeirdVideoGames]

I HAVE BEEN SUMMONED

[@akildukes7499]

I bought this for Switch last year.

[@MrDube]

Switch?

[@natsudragniel7466]

Nintendo Switch Virtual Console

[@trisonicbrandtech]

Natsu Dragniel there is no Nintendo switch virtual console.

[@natsudragniel7466]

@@trisonicbrandtech Isn't it? Ok, sorry my fault, I don't have one yet. Thought it would be like always.

[@akildukes7499]

Its Aero Fighters 2, but there's a bunch of similar missions on it. It's on the eshop for like 8 bucks.

[@jackpower649]

What about strikers 1945 1-3

[@muhanc.a.9299]

Thanks SNES drunk! Thank you for not saying "Sh'mups", god knows I hate that word

[@ClioMako]

Doesn't this look suspiciously similar to Tyrian for DOS?

[@Hagser]

Did he mention Sweden?!

[@sidearmsalpha]

Had no problem selling this game for the going rate on eBay. I love collecting games but there's nothing that special about this one.

[@FuelAirSparkTime]

ThE gOiNg rAtE

[@trinitysingularityzombiech7836]

This is a type of game you put in a mame cabinet.

[@lemmygrad5425]

The Arcade Versions of Aero Fighters 1,2 & 3 are available in the arcade archives series for $7.99

[@BotzaBrand]

I remember buying it for 70 and then selling it for 150 almost ten years ago

[@CyRive]

Hey, Drunk! I've got a game recommendation for you: Tyrian 2000. It isn't on the SNES, so maybe you can do a Steamdrunk (GOGdrunk?) of it. It was made by Epic and is my favorite shump of all time. I'd be curious to get your take on it. You can download it for free from GOG.