Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Sky Destroyer

Title	Sky Destroyer
First release	1985
Developer	Magical Company
Publisher	Taito
Platforms	Arcade, NES / Famicom
Genre	shoot 'em up
Also known as	スカイデストロイヤー
Players	1 player
Co-op	No
Releases	Arcade: 1985-11-14 (Other) NES / Famicom: 1985-11-14
Wikidata ID	Q3302188

Taito's 1985 shooter tasks players with piloting a warplane through aerial and sea-based combat. Use machine guns to engage enemy combatants and deploy torpedoes to sink targets. Each scene concludes with a specific objective: firing a torpedo at a fortified island to destroy it and advance through the stages.

Description: REG-Vault, CC BY-SA 4.0

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Sources

Wikidata (Q3302188) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

REG-Vault (nes/sky-destroyer) · last updated 2026-10-26 · descriptions CC BY-SA 4.0

TheGamesDB (103434) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

TheGamesDB (27277) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

Arcade Database (ADB) (skydest) · last updated 2026-10-05 · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · internal use only

Arcade Database ADB

MAME romset	`skydest`
Title at ADB	Sky Destroyer (Japan)
Manufacturer	Taito
Year	1985
Genre	Shooter / Flying
Players	2
MAME driver status	GOOD

Artwork: ADB (Arcade Database); artwork © original manufacturer (Taito); snaps by ProgettoSnaps via ADB. Non-free, internal use only (hotlinked, not downloaded).

Scraping using Arcade Database by motoschifo · CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 · romset via Wikidata P2451 (wikidata-qid) · fetched 2026-10-05 05:12 UTC · no fields filled (other sources take precedence)

Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (5): Source: REG-Vault (upstream not stated) · © Taito · internal use only. REG-Vault page

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, Other release) · © Taito · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Screenshots (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Taito · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

NES Longplay [752] Sky Destroyer

World-of-Longplays · NES / Famicom version · longplay · 13:31auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

SKY DESTROYER (ARCADE)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Arcade version · longplay · 28:13auto-matched
Watch on YouTube ↗ · auto:channel-harvest, checked 2026-10-25 18:42 UTC

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