Shadow Blasters
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 Shadow Blasters box art |
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| Developer(s) | Sigma Enterprises |
| Publisher(s) | Sage's Creation |
| Designer(s) | Kim Songdong (composer) |
| Platform(s) | Sega Genesis |
| Release date | Sega Genesis 1990 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Sidescroller, Platformer |
| Mode(s) | 1 to 2 Players Simultaneously |
| Rating(s) | none (pre-ESRB) |
| Media | Cartridge |
| Input methods | Game Controller |
Shadow Blasters (四天明王 Shiten Myouou) Is a video game developed by Sigma Enterprises Inc. for the Sega Genesis video game console. It was released in 1990 in both North America and Japan.
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[edit] Gameplay
[edit] Overview
The evil god Ashura has unleashed hordes of monsters and demons onto Earth, hoping to take control of the planet as well as the hearts of men. The powerful god Hyprion has recruited four of Earth's most powerful warriors and assembled them into a team to fight the encroaching darkness. The player assumes control of this group of warriors in order to defeat the armies and their god, Ashura.
[edit] Mechanics
The game is a standard sidescrolling platform game. The player can control one character at a time and can choose from a pool of four characters. Each character is able to walk, jump, crouch, and fire a projectile weapon unique to that character. For the most part, the player is free to move forward and backward through a given level as desired. As the player progresses, characters become more powerful by picking up power-ups for the attributes of speed, jump, and power. Power-ups do not "roll over" into the character pool if the current character is at the maximum for the respective attribute - a character can only gain attribute points from a power-up if that character is in play when the power-up is collected.
[edit] Characters
There are four characters that player can choose from. Each character has 4 distinct stages to his or her weapon. The player can switch characters at any point during game play simply by going to the character select screen and choosing a different character. While this is a powerful asset, once a character dies, he or she cannot ever be revived. This effectively limits the total "lives" of the player to 4. Once the last character is dead, the game is over.
[edit] Levels
[edit] Part I
The first part of the game consists of six levels: Mountain, Street, Glenn, Harbor, Forest, and Future. One unique aspect of this game is that these six levels may be played in any order the player desires.
[edit] Part II
The second part of the game consists of two levels and a final battle, arranged in a predetermined order.
[edit] Character list
| Character | Sex | Weapon 1 | Weapon 2 | Weapon 3 | Weapon 4 |
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| Horatio | Male | Shuriken | Fireball | Large Fireball | Fire Dragon |
| Marco | Male | Electric Orb | Lightning Blast | Lightning Bolt | 3 Lightning Bolts |
| Leo | Male | Dagger | Boomerang | Dual Boomerang | Large Boomerand |
| Tiffany | Female | Bomb | Small Tornado | Dual Tornado | Large Homing Tornado |
[edit] External links
- [1] Game Release Information
- [2] Game Information and Soundtrack
- Shadow Blasters at GameFAQs
