The Earth sends Captain Lancer, a skilled pilot navigating the powerful CNCS1 aircraft, equipped with the most powerful weapon: Hellfire , to fight against Super Mech, a robotic dictator behind the spreading Black Nebula.
Hellfire is a horizontal spaceshooter where you navigate as Captain Lancer through hostile areas, outmaneuvering and destroying enemies. What sets this shooter apart from many others is that you can choose the direction of your shots at any time between forward, backward, upward, downward, and 4-way diagonal. This unique feature allows for interesting gameplay setups, such as stationary guns only reachable by passing them while avoiding their shots. The game also features a bomb to take out multiple enemies, along with pickups like P icons for powering up weapons, S icons for increasing ship speed, B icons for bombs, and score icons.