What platforms is Air Rescue on?

Air Rescue was released on Arcade, Sega Master System/Mark III.

When did Air Rescue release?

Air Rescue was first released on February 1, 1992.

Air Rescue

Feb 1, 1992ShooterSimulatorStrategyArcadeSega Master System/Mark III

Air Rescue — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Air Rescue on?: Air Rescue was released on Arcade, Sega Master System/Mark III.
When did Air Rescue release?: Air Rescue was first released on February 1, 1992.

About Air Rescue

Air Rescue is similar to Choplifter!. You are a driver of a helicopter and the object is to rescue hostages without being shot down by soldiers, jeeps, tanks, choppers, and ground-based missiles, and bring them back to base. A maximum of four hostages can fit into the helicopter at any given time, so it is necessary to make more than one trip. You can choose from a variety of weapons that you can use to shoot down enemies. There are five rounds, which take you through theme parks, burning skyscrapers, army bases, sunken submarines, and caverns. The round ends when you have taken the required number of hostages to the bases.

Summary via IGDB.

Air Rescue on Wikipedia

Air Rescue is action game from Sega released in arcades in 1992. It runs on the Sega System 32 hardware. A Master System conversion has little in common with the original. The two games are similar to Choplifter, which Sega had adapted for arcades. The arcade version of Air Rescue has a first-person perspective, while the Master System version is side-scrolling. The Master System version was only released in PAL territories.

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

Game details

Developer: SEGA AM1
Publisher: Sega Enterprises, Ltd.
Game modes: Single player
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

67/100

from 6 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Master System	1992	$13	$33	—	Low (look-alike)

Also released on: Arcade · 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

$13

Complete

$33

Sealed

—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about 2 times a month
Sealed: about once a year

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

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $12.50 in Oct 2010, $7.54 five years ago, and $13.47 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2011	$10.99	—
Jan 2012	$10.99	—
Jan 2013	$8.00	—
Jan 2014	$13.50	—
Jan 2015	$13.50	$19.99
Jan 2016	$15.99	$19.99
Jan 2017	$25	$30
Jan 2018	$6.84	$12.49
Jan 2019	$9.09	$13.54
Jan 2020	$7.37	$12.43
Jan 2021	$8.89	$16.39
Jan 2022	$18.35	$20
Jan 2023	$13.52	$15.23
Jan 2024	$13.31	$25
Jan 2025	$15.37	$24
Jan 2026	$9.72	$24
Oct 2026	$13.47	$33

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

Release record

Territory	Date
Europe / PAL	July 1992

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: EU
Released: 1992
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 side-scrolling helicopter shooter that shares a name with the arcade game but little else, and a mid-priced European pickup.

Air Rescue came out only in Europe, in July 1992, published by Sega and developed by SIMS. The Master System game is a side-scroller with completely different levels and a less overtly military theme than the arcade game it is named after, so it plays more like a tie-in than a conversion. It is similar in spirit to Choplifter.

A contemporary review praised the visuals and the playability and liked the co-operative two-player option, though it said the game fails to inspire quite as much as it might.

Also on other platforms

Arcade

Arcade. The arcade game has a first-person cockpit view with full 3D movement, and ran on Sega System 32 hardware.

Before you buy

This is a European cart, and its loose price sits about at the middle of the European-only games. A complete copy costs noticeably more than a loose one, and the manual is the part most often missing.