A decent vertical shooter without much flair, technically solid. One more cart for fans of B tier shmups.
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Category
Shooter2 players7+
Co-op
Description
Vertical shoot-'em-up featuring two combat helicopters battling mechanical armies. Published by Seika, released in the USA in 1992. Two simultaneous helicopter players, multidirectional shooting, missile and bomb power-ups and mechanical bosses. American version of Super Earth Defense Force vertical shooter.
In NTSC, Firepower 2000 is the American take on a two-player vertical helicopter shooter, adapted from Japan's Super Earth Defense Force. This honest co-op game without flair stays common and cheap as a bare cart on the US market. Its collecting interest is modest and focused on a clean complete copy, cardboard box and period manual included, rather than on any scarcity. A filler piece for fans of second-tier SNES shmups.
Is Firepower 2000 still worth playing in 2026?
A vertical shooter playable in co-op with combat helicopters, Firepower 2000 pits you against mechanical armies under a barrage of missiles and bombs. The production is solid and the multidirectional fire pleasant, but the whole lacks character next to the genre's leaders on the machine. Without disgrace, it stays a secondary cartridge that shmup fans will enjoy for its co-op mode, rather than an essential to reach for before many other references.
