Side scrolling shooting games on the Super Nintendo were fairly popular. Titles such as Thunder Spirits (coverage in issue #1 of RGM), Gradius III (slo-mo without special controller) and Phalanx to name a few all blew through the skies and space on the SNES. Homebrew developers are not resting on their laurels in this field though as Jet Pilot Rising proves.

First the setting is quite wacked out, you control a rocket riding cat of all things. Unlike the above listed games, here you are tasked with avoiding obstacles rather than blasting them out of the sky. While avoiding things (flaming birds and undead creatures) your jet powered feline will have to collect coins that are floating around the misty levels.

Jet Pilot Rising is available for free from SNESFreaks (the developers are staying anonymous at the moment).

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