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title: "Area 88"
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description: "U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side-scrolling shooting game released by Capcom for the CPS arcade hardware and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System."
author: "Patrick Dankers"
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Area 88 | Super Nintendo Releases | NintendoReporters

 [![Area 88](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/area-88.png "Area 88")](https://www.nintendoreporters.com/storage/files/area-88.png)U.N. Squadron is a 1989 side-scrolling shooting game released by Capcom for the CPS arcade hardware and for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System.

The game was released in Japan as Area 88 (Japanese: エリア88, Hepburn: Eria Hachi-Jū-Hachi), and is based on the manga series of the same name, featuring the same main characters. Here, their mission is to stop a terrorist group known as Project 4. It was followed by a spiritual successor Carrier Air Wing.

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