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The series spans six games, the first being on dedicated arcade hardware and the latter two being on the Neo Geo arcade platform. Aero Fighters and Aero Fighters 2 utilize modern fighter jets, but Aero Fighters 3 has the cast using World War II-era planes instead. The next game Sonic Wings Limited stayed exclusive to the Zinc arcade board, while Sonic Wings Special was released for the Sega Saturn and the Playstation. The last installment Aero Fighters Assault was exclusive to the Nintendo64 and strayed from the formula, being an halfway realistic 3D flight simulation instead of a vertical shoot'em up.