Ashura Blaster                             Manufacturer: Taito Corporation               Year: 1990 Descpription: Ashura Blaster is a vertically scrolling shoot 'em up arcade game released by Taito in 1990. The player controls a helicopter (selecting 1 of 4 bomb configurations) and shoots enemies in the air and ground, collects power-ups, and defeats bosses to advance levels. The kanji characters on the titlescreen read 'Ashura'. Ashura is a demon related to fighting.