# Ashura Blaster

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***Ashura Blaster*** (阿修羅ブラスター) is a 1990 vertically scrolling [shoot 'em up](/source/Shoot_'em_up) [arcade game](/source/Arcade_game) developed by [Visco](/source/Visco_Corporation) and both published and distributed by [Taito](/source/Taito_Corporation). The player controls a [helicopter](/source/Helicopter) (selecting 1 of 4 bomb configurations) and shoots enemies in the air and ground, collects [power-ups](/source/Power-up), and defeats [bosses](/source/Boss_(video_games)) to advance levels.

The [kanji](/source/Kanji) characters on the titlescreen read 'Ashura'. Ashura is a demon related to fighting.

## Reception

*CU Amiga* gave it 65% and said "It's straight ahead two-player vertical blasting without frills."[1]

*Zero* said "all in all I found it rather uninspiring. Save your dosh."[2]

Speciale Annuario Videogiochi '91 said it was very similar to previous helicopter games.[3]

*Joystick* said it was a rehash with little innovation.[4]

## References

1. ZZapmort. [*Commodore User PDFs from Hi Res Source*](http://archive.org/details/commodore-user-pdffrom-hi-000/CommodoreUserPDFfromHI083/page/n81/mode/2up)

1. [*Zero_Issue_16_Feb_91*](http://archive.org/details/ZeroIssue16Feb91/page/n51/mode/2up)

1. Gruppo Editoriale Jackson (December 1990). [*Speciale Annuario Videogiochi '91*](http://archive.org/details/Guida-Videogiochi-17-speciale/page/n101/mode/2up)

1. Sipress (September 1990). [*Joystick (France) 008*](http://archive.org/details/joystick008/page/n189/mode/2up)

## External links

- [*Ashura Blaster*](http://www.arcade-history.com/?n=ashura-blaster&page=detail&id=120) at [Arcade History](http://www.arcade-history.com/index.php?page=news)

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