What platforms is Aerial Assault on?

Aerial Assault was released on Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System/Mark III.

When did Aerial Assault release?

Aerial Assault was first released on June 5, 1990.

Aerial Assault

Jun 5, 1990ShooterSega Game Gear Sega Master System/Mark III

Aerial Assault — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Aerial Assault on?: Aerial Assault was released on Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System/Mark III.
When did Aerial Assault release?: Aerial Assault was first released on June 5, 1990.

About Aerial Assault

A sidescrolling shooter in which you fight your way through 5 missions, each with a boss to defeat at the end. Along the way you find Power-Ups to help your odds either by improving your weapon or speed. Three difficulty levels are available (careful: "Easy" does not let you reach the very end)

Summary via IGDB.

Aerial Assault on Wikipedia

Aerial Assault is a side-scrolling shooter video game published by Sega for the Master System in 1990 and Game Gear in 1992.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA 4.0).

Game details

Platforms: Sega Game Gear, Sega Master System/Mark III
Developer: Sanritsu
Publisher: Sega of America
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Period reviews	Fake risk
Sega Master System	1990	$27	$71	$199	10 reviews	Low (look-alike)

Also released on: Sega Game Gear · Sega Master System/Mark III. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Master System · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-28

Loose

$27

Complete

$71

Sealed

$199

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release	$12	$45	—

How often it sells

Loose: about 5 times a year
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-28.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $10.45 in Jul 2009, $10.78 five years ago, and $27 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$4.93	—
Jan 2011	$10.39	—
Jan 2012	$7.18	—
Jan 2013	$19.95	—
Jan 2014	$22	$25
Jan 2015	$25	$10.65
Jan 2016	$5.36	$65
Jan 2017	$15.00	$78
Jan 2018	$23	$53
Jan 2019	$11.28	$60
Jan 2020	$24	$58
Jan 2021	$9.50	$63
Jan 2022	$13.82	$81
Jan 2023	$10.24	$98
Jan 2024	$10.45	$79
Jan 2025	$13.92	$96
Jan 2026	$20	$83
Oct 2026	$27	$71

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Product number	Known board
North America	July 1990	7041	171-5507D · MPR-13299-F
Europe / PAL	1990	7041	171-5507 · MPR-13209-F

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Master System software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published only where both agree on the same cartridge dump; Japanese numbers also checked against Sega Japan's software list. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: NA+EU
Released: 1990
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages and Virtual Console, are not tracked hereLow look-alike risk

Sega Master System prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A simple but cheerful shoot 'em up that magazines rated as good fun and short-lived.

Aerial Assault is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up developed by Sanritsu and published by Sega. It came out in North America in July 1990 and in Europe the same year, and a Game Gear version followed in 1992. You play a Freedom Fighter who has to destroy five targets, among them a bomber, two cliff fortresses and an enemy ship.

Mean Machines Sega's games guide described it as a horizontally scrolling shooter in the mould of UN Squadron, stacked with power-ups. It found the graphics quite simple and the sound unappealing, but called it quite good fun, with the warning that it will not take long to complete.

What the press said at the time

Mean Machines Sega Issue 3	December 1992	OVERALL 82%
Sega Pro Issue 20	June 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 21	July 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 22	August 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 23	September 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 24	October 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 25	November 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 27	December 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 26	December 1993	69%
Sega Pro Issue 34	July 1994	69%

“The graphics and sound are adequate but nothing speciál in this early shoot-’em-up.”
— Sega Pro, November 1991

“Aerial Assault is a horizontally scrolling shoot 'em up in the mould of UN Squadron stacked with power-ups and flaming death. The graphics are quite simple and the sound is unappealing, but Aerial Assault is quite good fun. Be warned however, it won't take long to complete.”
— Mean Machines Sega, December 1992

“Ancient, but relies on old-fashioned principles of keeping the player busy. This shoot-’em-up is still quite a frenzy. Graphics and sound are now dated.”
— Sega Pro, June 1993

“Ancient, but relies on old-fashioned principles of keeping the player busy. This shoot-’em-up is still quite a frenzy. Graphics and sound are now dated.”
— Sega Pro, July 1993

How the Sega Master System version differs

The first target, the Vinsk, is an ordinary ship on the Master System, where the Game Gear version makes it a flying battleship.

Also on other platforms

Game Gear

Game Gear. The four Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewers scored the Game Gear version 4, 5, 5 and 5 out of 10, calling it repetitive but visually decent.

Before you buy

There is a US cart and a European cart. The European one costs much less loose, and a complete European copy is also well below a complete US one, so unless you specifically want the US box, buy European. Loose, this sits above the middle of the US-released carts, so it is not a throwaway cart. Make sure the manual is there on a complete copy, since it is the part most often missing.