Burai Fighter is a 1990 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System. The setting for Burai Fighter is to fend off a race of super-brains known as the Burai. The player starts out with a relatively weak cannon but can upgrade to ring, laser, and missile weapons, which are much more powerful. The player can also choose from three difficulty settings: Eagle, Albatross, and Ace; the fourth difficulty setting, Ultimate, must be unlocked. The character can be moved in 8 directions and can shoot in a different direction from the direction he is moving towards.