Cratermaze
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| Cratermaze | |
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 North American boxart |
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| Developer(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Publisher(s) | Hudson Soft |
| Platform(s) | TurboGrafx-16, Virtual Console |
| Release date | TG-16: 1990 VC: August 13, 2007 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
| Media | Cartridge |
| Input methods | Gamepad |
Cratermaze is a video game released for the Turbografx-16 video game console in 1990. The game was re-released on the Wii's Virtual Console on August 13, 2007 in North America, and on August 17, 2007 in Europe and Australia.
It was a slight revamp of a game called Booby Kids released for the Famicom, though the game follows more along the lines of the original arcade game, Kid no Hore Hore Daisakusen released by Nihon Bussan in 1987. A number of contemporary reviews compare the maze-like gameplay to Hudson's Bomberman series.[1][2]
[edit] Overview
In the game, the hero Opi is traveling through time with four of his friends when they are captured by the villain Zenzombie. He travels through various eras in time (modern, samurai, future, World War II and prehistory), collecting treasure to open doors to the next era, and kills enemies by digging holes and burying the enemies. Every 15 of the game's 60 levels, Opi rescues one of his friends. Levels 30 and 60 are boss levels where an enormous enemy floats around the screen who can kill Opi with a single touch.
In the Japanese version, the game starred Doraemon, who took Opi's place and the friends he rescues are based on the anime's characters.
