P-47: The Phantom Fighter

P-47: The Phantom Fighter
Also known as: P-47: The Freedom Fighter (INT) Developer: NMK Publisher: Jaleco Platform: Arcade (Jaleco Mega System 1-A) Released internationally: August 1988 Released in JP: May 1988 This game has hidden development-related text. This game has regional differences. This game has revisional differences.

Like many other games, P-47: The Phantom Fighter is about destroying tanks, battleships, and aircraft in World War II.

Sub-Page

Subroutine Labels Dare you to comprehend them?

Forbidden Names

The following names are filtered out of the high score screen:

Name	Notes
(Blank)	Unoriginality filters.
AAA
SEX	Pretty sure this one is obvious.
OME	"Omeko" and "Omanko" are very rude slang terms for the vagina. Omeko is mainly used in the Kansai region. The more you know~★
OMA
NKO
AHO	A variant of "baka" that's either more or less offensive depending on where you are in Japan.
MAN	Probably meant for "manko", yet another term like Omeko or Omanko. Rude.

If a player tries to put any of those names in, it'll be replaced by one of the following:

Name	Notes
K.O	Unknown developer initials. Possibly Tamio Nakasato (lead programmer at NMK at the time), but initials don't line up at all.
YOU	Youichi Koyama, sub-programmer for this game.
AKI	Possibly Akihiko Sato. (AKI credit is also in Makai Densetsu)
TAE	Taeko Suzuki, credited as a character and sound designer in Butasan and Psychic 5.
Y.M	Yousuke Maki, also credited for Hardware in Butasan and Psychic 5.
T.K	Probably Tecchan K. (some composition in Saint Dragon)
KIN	Unknown developer initials.
NMK	The developers of this game. Go back and read the Bob!

Version Differences

There are at least three different versions: The Japanese set, the World set, and the Japanese "Export" set. For some strange reason, the Export set still contains the exportation warning found in the Japanese version.

Title

JP / Export	World

The game's subtitle is "The Freedom Fighter" in the JP and Export sets, and "The Phantom Fighter" in the World version.

Graphics

World / JP	Export

The main difference between the Export and other sets is that in the Export version, every Balkenkreuz and Swastika has been erased. This changes the game from an explicit World War II theme to a more generic plane-centered shoot 'em up.

World / JP
Export

This also applies to six of the game's enemies, including that flag on the teeny tiny tank.