Altair is the leader of the band of mercenaries that attack Planet Bomber in Bomberman 64. After he and his subordinates, Artemis, Orion, and Regulus, stole the Omni Cube from Emperor Sirius of Rainbow Palace, Altair invaded several planets and kept a chunk of them with his ship, Black Fortress, to protect it. Sirius turned to Bomberman for help, and in the battles that followed, Green Garden, Blue Resort, Red Mountain, and White Glacier's anchors were destroyed, and Artemis and Orion were killed, however Regulus survived. Altair and his pet, a ship called, Vega, fought Bomberman. When it became clear that they were about to lose, Altair and Vega combined into one. Bomberman defeated Altair, and Regulus came to save him. However, Sirius knocked them down, and absorbed the Omni Cube's power, and then killed Altair with a laser beam.
Altair's death can only be seen once (per file), after a player beats him after collecting 100 gold cards. In battle, he has 3 HP, and has no special abilities aside from planting bombs. Vega, meanwhile, in addition to planting bombs, can shoot a laser at Bomberman that (if he does not have a Recovery Heart) will vaporize him. Once either of them loses all his HP, the two will combine into one robotic form. In this form, Altair has 6 HP, and can teleport out of danger (making any of his Gold Cards involving a pumped bomb quite difficult), and also shoot a purple blade at Bomberman that will stun him. Sometimes Altair may throw Bomberman over the edge. His weakness in this form is that if he gets knocked out, he stays unconscious for much longer than other bombers do. Kicking a bomb into Altair to stun him (he usually won't teleport out of a bomb being kicked his way) will explode before he recovers, and if his firepower is high enough, the explosion will reach Altair and damage him.
Gold Cards
- Defeat his first form in any manner
- Bounce a pumped bomb off his second form's head
- Catch his second form in a pumped bomb explosion
- Defeat his second form without throwing him over the edge
- Defeat his second form by target time