CD DENJIN ROCKABILLY TENGOKU
( Super Air Zonk - Rockabilly Paradise )
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CD電人 ロカビリー天国
©1993 Hudson Soft
©1989,1993 Red
Release : 1993-07-30 (¥6800)
SuperCDRom² HCD3049
Shooter / Horizontal
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Released in US as SUPER AIR ZONK ROCKABILLY PARADISE
( TGXCD1042 )
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CD Denjin Rockabilly Tengoku is a side scrolling shooter by
Red and published by Hudson Soft, sequel to
PC Denjin - Punkic Cyborgs (aka Airzonk) originally released
on HuCard in 1992. The futuristic version of King Droll has once again
decided to take over the world and Genhead, our beloved robotic
and big-headed super hero, seems to be the only one courageous enough to
dethrone him and his gang. The game offers an even greater amount of wacky
levels and a vast array of hilarious enemies all portrayed in a comedic and
unique Rockabilly & Karaoke twist. CD Denjin features a grand
total of seven stages and the game allows players to choose the order
in which they want to tackle the first four levels. Our bold friend comes
equipped with a modest laser blaster that can be powered up to five
levels which ultimately turns him into a mean and vile war machine. But
the most feared weapons in his arsenal are his blaster-boots (the ultimate
technique to dispose of enemies sitting right behind him) and the poo-poo
smart bombs that he can charge up and release at will. Although they now
look different, Genhead's wacky and sunglass-wearing friends are still
around and they all gladly help him to achieve victory - there is a
total of seven friends from a tiny fish, an helicopter to a curious
flying satellite or a weird looking microphone. This time around, however,
they are closely related to the visited areas and eventually join forces
with our bald hero when rescued. Genhead has the incredibly ability
to merge with them as well and gain rather unusual special abilities - he
can turn into a Sushi-chef and fire powerful waves of deadly sushis
at his enemies or melt down their brains with evil songs and sound waves.
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There is an interesting difference between the American and Japanese
versions of the game. In the last level (King Stage), the last boss
King Droll fires hexagram shaped stars in the Japanese version
which were replaced by more "politically" correct hollow stars in the American port
(Picture on the right).
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Game Staff (Copied from the end credits) :
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Producers
Eiji Aoyama
Masaki Kobayashi
Wonderful Director
Tomonori Matunaga
Director
Hito II
Superviser
Takafumi Horio
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Sukisukisu
Keisuke Mitsui
Macho Man
Eddy Chiu
Character Designers
Kubo Boku
Kobuta Aoki
Jun nakamura
Keisuke Abe
Moraokamora
Hiroshi Adachi
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Program
Tsutomu Takano
Graphic Designers
Yuko Tanisako
Hiroshi Nakamura
Norio Makino
Sound Producers
Satou Shinichirou
Noritada Hiraki
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Special Thanks
Kappa Yuzawa
Hiroshi Iizuka
Kazumi Kobayashi
Saburou Matsuoka
Shigeru Nakahara
Bill Ritch
Presented by
Hudson Soft
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CD-Denjin is an excellent and fun title. Interestingly, the first
episode was somewhat technically better and featured an incredibly fast and
smooth parallax scrolling. This version compensates for this unfortunate loss
by pumping more detail and variation into the levels than before - and the
overall quality is still flawless. Stages are a lot less linear and are stuffed
with tons of surprises and non-stop entertainment. The game is sadly a bit
too easy and most experienced gamers will wrap this one up fairly quickly.
The soundtrack has been (obviously) greatly improved upon the previous HuCard
release and the Karaoke/Rockabilly theme is an incredibly nice touch. I
personally especially love the awesome Game Over/Continue screen. Many
players, including myself, prefer the first opus - but don't get me wrong
folks, CD Denjin is another delicious treat that shouldn't be missed
by anyone. Despite adopting a more traditional approach, CD Denjin is a welcome
addition to Red's excellent and wacky series. As a side note, the
American TurboGrafx-16 version is rare and incredibly expensive, I'd
advise you to hunt down the much more affordable Japanese version instead.
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