When covering coin-ops it’s common to find different versions of games. Usually the differences between versions are small – a new sprite here, a different tune there. Sometimes they’re more significant, with certain stages changed or moved or even dropped. And occasionally the differences are so great that the end result is an almost new game entirely. That’s what happened with LED Storm.
The original version was subtitled , referencing a year that seemed eons away in 1988 when the game was developed. As such the setting was a dystopian future where, presumably due to eternal gridlock in the cities, suspended highways (skyways?) have been constructed high above the congested streets below, enabling drivers to travel.
