Babel Sword/Gameplay

Controls
One player may compete against the computer, or two players may simultaneousy compete against each other. Each player has an 8-way joystick and 6 buttons.

Buttons
The buttons on the arcade are typically laid out in the following fashion: 

The A and C buttons are used for firing the main guns with C being a greater shot, while the B button is involved in blocking. D will creation an option that fires in place and has to recharge before it can fire again.

Joystick
The joystick works intuitively in that pressing left will generally move your character left, and pressing right will generally move your character right. But it is more important to think in terms of relative direction. For this reason, all instructions are given with respect to forward and backward since the left and right directions change purpose when your character switches directions.
 * If your character is facing to the right, then pressing left on the joystick means backward, and pressing right on the joystick means forward.
 * If your character is facing to the left, then pressing left on the joystick means forward, and pressing right on the joystick means backward.

Depending on which mode of movement you are using (walking or flight), certain direction buttons change function. The following directions assume that your character is facing right, the starting direction of every fight for player one, who begins on the left side:

+: Walk mode, and is only available if there is an actual ground to walk on (otherwise you'll simply jet downward).

+: Flight mode, activate while in walk mode to hover around. Pressing this while in Flight already will rocket you upwards.