THEXDER (FAMICOM)

THEXDER

Sale date　　　 December 19, 1985

Platform　　　　FAMICOM(NES)

Manufacturer  SQUARE(SQUARE ENIX)

Genre            Action & Shooting

After being sold as a game software for PCs, "THEXDER" was transplanted for video games.

"GAME ARTS Co.,Ltd." has developed this game.

"Apple IIGS" "Macintosh" an edition also exists.

A game is to operate the self-machine player advance towards 8 direction and destroy the core which exists in an undermost layer.
 

Developed experimental production weapon "THEXDER"



It's transformed from an airplane into the person type smoothly.
A weapon is a laser gun of the automatic guiding type.











A stage is inside the asteroid "nedium".

It's invasion starting by an airplane mode.

A player advances towards a point while overthrowing a battalion of the enemy who strikes.

"LEVEL1" it's clear.


It'll be one end at 5 stages.

A complicated maze-like aisle also exists.

The core unit of the target.
It's done for destroying this.
A player doesn't come under fire.

 
After clearing "LEVEL5", loop without an ending.

The biggest feature of this game is the character transformed smoothly.
Even if it's seen now, its smoothness is a wonderful one.

A continuation exists by a personal computer version.

"THEXDER" was shot down after unit destruction, and a pilot became missing.
"FIRE HAWK" of a continuation starts from there.

 
Successor of "THEXDER" "FIRE HAWK"
Search in an asteroid "nedium" starts again.

 
 

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross (FAMICOM)

The Super Dimension Fortress Macross

 

 

Sale date　　　 December 10, 1985

Platform　　　　FAMICOM(NES)

Manufacturer  BANDAI(namco)

Genre            Shooting

This game is the game made in the motif of an animation of "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross".

A player operates "VF-1S" and destroys an enemy battleship.

VF-1S Valkyrie

(strike Valkyrie)

 

A game is the shooting game a screen advances towards the side.

It's possible to transform "Valkyrie" into 3 types.

Enemy's battle pod

 Enemy's battleship was seen.

An entrance to the interior.

Inside the battleship

Restriction time is set up.

 When the core can be destroyed, it's stage clearance.

 The 2nd round starts after that.














The degree of difficulty of a game isn't high.
It'll be a personal view, but I think it isn't quite satisfactory as a game.
But I admire a movement of the self-machine transformed smoothly.

There are other games which derived from "Macross".
2013 years have passed for 30 years since an animation series was born with commemoration.

Like "GUNDAM", the series told as a wonderful robot animation.

ORGUSS (SEGA)

ORGUSS

Sale date　　　 1983

Platform　　　　SEGA SG-1000

Manufacturer  SEGA

Genre            Shooting

"ORGUSS" is a sold game in 1983.

"ORGUSS ORGROID"









A television cartoon film in 1983 is an original work.

"Super Dimension Century Orguss"

The 2nd series produced as a program next to "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross".

A story at the different world with a high possibility that a life form will be extinct in the future.
The world is covered by the film called "The conflict world" up, and global warming will advance.
A stop  The "strange point" which is the key by which that's "Kei Katuragi" of the main character.

The variable type he handles, the name of the robot is "ORGUSS".
"ORGUSS" is transformed into 4 types according to the situation.

"ORGUSS GERWALK"
The basic form with the high mobile performance in the air
 
 
 


"ORGUSS FLIER"
The ability can't be shown because a flight is subject to restrictions.



There was "ORGUSS TANK" for ground, but had no opportunity to play in the work. 

Then a game is introduced.

The robot which comes out in a screen is "ORGUSS".







A screen is a shooting game of the type to advance in the side.
Player handles "ORGUSS" and beats an enemy.
... with the great difference with the image picture

 The variable stripe is made 3 types by a game.




 "GERWALK"&"FLIER"

The stage where advance on the sea.

The second half in a stage.
"ORGUSS" the form is the difference in the speed Iadvance.

When approach the last phase, it becomes compulsory in "ORGROID".

When the "spatiotemporal vibration bullet" which is a final goal is destroyed, it's game clearance.

A variant element of "ORGUSS" isn't utilized for this game.
subject was a good one, but finish wasn't that good. 

A cartoon film of an original work is recommended, so please see by all means.

 

FORMATION Z(FAMICOM)

FORMATION Z

Sale date　　　 April 4, 1985

Platform　　　　FAMICOM(NES)

Manufacturer  JALECO LTD

Genre            Shooting

 

"Composition Z (Aeroboto)" operates the variable robot which is player's fuselage, and is game progress.

The name of the robot is "expell".

It's transformed into the flight form by keeping pressing a jump button.

The left picture is the one of a package.

let's show this game screen.

It's distant from the form drawn by a package.

It's necessary to complement it by the power of imagination of the player.

game screen will advance to the right.

player will advance towards a point while beating the enemy who strikes.

weapon usually keeps pushing "pulse laser" and an aggressive button of output, and is launched "Big Bang".

Keep pressing a jump button, and change.

 

The energy is spent for flying for the character.

When the energy will be a zero, it falls.

advance a stage towards the sea from the ground.

When the marine boss is beat, this time is the universe stage.

The boss who appears at the end in the universe stage is beat, and it's stage clearance.

The character seen somewhere....

It's from the ground stage after that again.

A transformable robot boom has happened to a market by popular influence of "The Super Dimension Fortress Macross".