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Box art of Godzilla (North American version) |
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| Developer(s) | Compile |
| Publisher(s) | Toho |
| Distributor(s) | Nintendo |
| Series | Godzilla |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy |
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| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Media/distribution | Cartridge |
Godzilla (ゴジラくん) is a Game Boy video game developed by Compile. Although it was released in 1990, a lot of the monsters are from the showa generation, as well as monsters in the heisei generation being in their showa form. The game is a portation of an edition from the MSX console. Also the international version is slightly different from the japanese version (different in-game character designs and behavior of the enemy characters).
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The game is a 2D side-scrolling video game where Godzilla can only walk around or climb ladders, vines or crystals. A prominent part of the game is his punch, the only attack he has, which is used to punch and destroy boulders, and to kill or push enemies. The main point of each room is to destroy all of the boulders, by pushing them against a wall and hitting it again. Once all of the boulders are gone, one or two arrow panels will appear somewhere in the room. Touching one will take Godzilla to the room in a large map corresponding to its direction. As levels are completed, the direction is revealed on the map for further use.
There are two power-ups; the hourglass and the lightning bolt. The hourglass stops all enemy movement for a short period of time. The lightning bolt kills all enemies on-screen except for Ghidrah.
The game uses a password system to save. There are two variations; a four-character password and an eighteen-character password. Four-character passwords only saves the player's position on the map, while eighteen-character passwords saves the revealed map points. Neither of them saves extra lives or the player's score.
Various monsters that Godzilla had previously defeated, have kidnapped his son, Minilla, and hidden him somewhere inside the Labyrinth of Matrix. It is up to Godzilla to fight the monsters' attacks and solve their many puzzles, all while navigating a much larger maze.
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