Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross (Famicom game)

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For the PlayStation game, see Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross (PlayStation 2 game).

Chō Jikū Yōsai Macross (超時空要塞マクロス, Chō Jikū Yōsai Makurosu^?, lit. "Trans Time Space Fortress Macross") was released on the Japanese Famicom console in 1985 by video game company Namco and is based on the popular anime TV series of the same name. The game is a side-scrolling shoot-em-up in which the player controls a transformable Valkyrie fighter jet in an unending battle against an invading race of giant aliens known as the Zentradi.

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay is very basic and is fairly standard and recognisable as part of the shoot-em-up genre. The players task is to blast their way through wave after wave of enemy battlepods and ships until they reach the Zentradi mothership. Inside it, there is only thirty seconds to reach the central reactor, destroy the outer wall and shoot the core. The mission ends and then begins all over again on an endless loop.

The character can be transformed into three modes; Gerwalk, Battroid and Valkyrie jet. This adds little to the gameplay as it makes little difference to attack strength but does serve to slow down the scrolling.