Musashi Ganryuki
| Ganryu | |
|---|---|
 Ganryu arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Visco |
| Distributor(s) | SNK |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
| Release date(s) | Arcade 1999 |
| Genre(s) | Platform game, hack and slash |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Arcade system | SNK Neo-Geo MVS hardware |
| CPU | 68000 (@ 12 Mhz) |
| Sound | Z80 (@ 4 Mhz), Sound Chips:YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz) |
Musashi Ganryuki, (武蔵厳流記), known outside Japan as Ganryu, is a platformer and hack and slash video game developed by Visco Corporation and published by SNK in 1999 on Neo Geo MVS.[1] It is loosely based on Miyamoto Musashi's fight with Sasaki Kojirō. Sasaki went by the fighting name of Ganryū, hence the game's name "Ganryu Musashi".
Gameplay
The game's selectable characters are swordsman Ganryu and his female counterpart Suzume. The mission of the game is to rescue Ganryu's girlfriend from an evil ninja. Players are armed with a sword and a grappling claw.
Plot
On April 14, 1612, Musashi Miyamoto and Sasaki Kojirō dueled. Musashi had an opportunity to see Kojiro's sword sometime before the duel and knew of its long length, so Musashi made his sword even longer. When Musashi arrived on the beach for the duel, he jumped over a low strike of Kojiro's, reaching about a meter off the ground and came down on Kojiro's head with his heavy wooden sword. Kojiro lay dying on the sand and Musashi left without killing him. Some of Musashi's critics called Musashi a coward for not killing Kojiro, but Musashi was satisfied that Kojiro had been defeated.
References
- ↑ "Master List". Neo-geo.com. Retrieved 2014-05-06.
External links
- Ganryu at neo-geo.com