| Psychic World | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Hertz. Company Ltd. |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | MSX, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear |
| Release date(s) | |
| Genre(s) | Action game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Media/distribution | cartridge |
Psychic World is a two-dimensional action Platformer video game originally released for the MSX as "Psycho World" and later released as "Psychic World" on the Sega Master System and Game Gear.
Contents |
Taking place at a remote laboratory in the year 19XX, a three-staff research team consisting of Dr. Knavik and his assistants the sisters Cecile and Lucia is studying the exploration and usage of ESP. One day while Lucia was getting ready for work, an explosion burst from the lab. By the time she Lucia got to the lab, Dr. Knavik was all right, but Cecile had disappeared. Dr. Knavik explains that part of his experiments involved running tests on a variety of monsters, but eventually the subjects rebelled and took Cecile with them. As Lucia follows the monster's track, Dr. Knavik gives her the ESP Booster, a device he created that will enable the user to wield psychic powers.
The game play was typical of the average 2D Platformer. Lucia ran from one stage to the other using her ESP booster to blast monstrous enemies while obtaining item pick-ups through them or by jumping on various ledges and platforms. The Booster had a gauge of how often certain items and abilities could be used, but that, as with her health, could be replenished through pick-up icons.
All her weapons were upgradeable by merely picking up the same item for that particular weapon and new weapons were obtained through mini-bosses and end-level bosses. The player had to use Lucia's psionic weapons strategically in levels using different elements to their advantage. In the ice stage, rocks being doused by falling water could be frozen and used as a stable platform for Lucia to jump on by blasting the rock with the ice shot, while the sonic wave weapon could destroy certain foreground objects blocking her path.