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{{Game
{{Infobox
|completion=3
|image=Blast Off arcade flyer.jpg
|title=Blast Off
|title=Blast Off
|japanese=ブラストオフ
|image=Blast Off flyer.png
|developer=[[Namco]]
|developer=[[Namco]]
|publisher=[[Namco]]
|publisher=[[Namco]]
|year=1989
|japanese=ブラストオフ
|systems={{syslist|cade}}
|genre=Vertical scrolling [[shooter]]
|genre=[[Shooter]]
|systems=[[Arcade]]
|released={{jp|1989}}
|players=1-2
|players=1-2
|modes=[[Single player]], [[Multiplayer]]
|preceded by=[[Bosconian]]
|preceded by=[[Bosconian]]
|series=Bosconian
}}
}}
'''Blast Off''' (ブラストオフ - ''Burasuto Ofu''), is a vertical scrolling [[shooter]] arcade game, that was released by [[Namco]] in [[1989]] (only in Japan); it runs on that company's System 1 hardware, and is the sequel to [[Bosconian]], released eight years earlier in both Japan and the US (the latter under a [[Midway Games|Midway]] license).
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'''Blast Off''' is a vertical scrolling [[shooter]] arcade game that was released by [[Namco]] in [[1989]] only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 1 hardware and is the sequel to [[Bosconian]], which had been released eight years previously in Japan and the US.
 
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==Introduction==


The player must take control of the Star Fighter from the original game, for the second time; however, as with many other vertical scrolling shooters (such as Namco's own [[Xevious]]), it is now always facing top of the screen and constantly moving upward while the background scrolls down behind it bringing enemies (many of which are new ones) into view, that players will have their chances to kill for points. This game uses two buttons - one is used to fire circular shots at the enemies, while the other is used to cycle through that Star Fighter's four varieties of firing patterns. The patterns will be cycled through in the following order with each press of the pattern selection button, before reverting back to the first:
As in the original Bosconian arcade game, the player takes control of the Star Fighter, for a second time; however, as with many other vertical scrolling shooters (such as Namco's own [[Xevious]]), it is now always facing top of the screen and constantly moving upward while the background scrolls down behind it, bringing enemies into view which you will have the chance to kill for points.


* '''Red''': Two shots will be fired directly ahead of the Star Fighter (in what can only be described as a "double-helix" twisting pattern); this is the pattern it begins out with, and will revert to it after death.
The game uses two buttons - one is used to fire circular shots at the enemies, while the other is used to cycle through the Star Fighter's four varieties of firing patterns. The patterns are cycled through in the following order, before reverting back to the first:
* '''Blue''': One shot is fired directly ahead of the Star Fighter, while another is fired directly behind it (it is the original firing pattern, but perhaps the one that's of the least use now due to the green one).
*'''Red''': Two shots are fired directly ahead of the Star Fighter in what can only be described as a "double-helix" twisting pattern.
* '''Yellow''': One shot is fired directly ahead of the Star Fighter while another is fired to its left side and a third is fired to its right side; this one is particularly useful when getting attacked from both sides.
*'''Blue''': One shot is fired directly ahead of the Star Fighter while another is fired directly behind it (it is the original firing pattern).
* '''Green''': Two shots are fired diagonally ahead of the Star Fighter (to the north-west and north-east) while a third one is fired directly behind it; this one is particularly useful when being attacked from behind.
*'''Yellow''': One shot is fired directly ahead of the Star Fighter while another is fired to its left side and a third is fired to its right side.
*'''Green''': Two shots are fired diagonally ahead of the Star Fighter (northwest and northeast) while a third is fired directly behind it.


By pressing and holding down the firing button, the Star Fighter will fire more powerful, spherical shots at the enemies; they will not disappear after impact, and are particularly useful in the worlds' third areas (where the Star Fighter undergoes a dramatic increase in size), most notably against the bosses at the end of each one.
By pressing and holding down the firing button, the Star Fighter will be able to fire more powerful, spherical shots at the enemies.


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File:Blast Off title screen.png|Title screen.
Image:Blast Off title screen.png|Title screen.
File:Blast Off gameplay.png|The first area of the first world (at a normal size).
Image:Blast Off gameplay.png|The first area of the first world (at a normal size).
File:Blast Off gameplay 2.png|The third area of the first world (at a larger size).
Image:Blast Off gameplay 2.png|The third area of the first world (at a larger size).
File:Blast Off gameplay 3.png|The "boss" for the first world (at a larger size).
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File:Blast Off gameplay 4.png|The first area of the third world (at a smaller size).
</gallery></center>


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