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ギャラクシー 刑事 ガイバン
©1993 Intec Inc.
©1993 Fill in Café
Release : 1993-10-29 (¥7800)
SuperCDRom² IGCD3005
Beat'em up
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Galaxy Deka Gayvan ("Galaxy Detective Gayvan")
is a side scrolling beat'em up published by Intec
and developed by Fill in Cafe. The evil criminal Ballas and his army
of alien henchmen have taken over the city and are poised to conquer the entire planet.
Two members of the Galaxy police detective group are dispatched to counter the
threat - the young Hiro Aoyama (aka Gayvan) and the police-girl
Michiki Akasaka (aka Mittchi). The game follows a standard beat'em
up formula - a walk from left to right, punching out enemies until the screen
unlocks and all this within a time limit. Both heroes come with standard fighting
moves - they can punch, kick, jump or grab and throw their opponents in the air.
However, Galaxy Deka Gayvan introduces a new element into the genre. The two
fighters accumulate Coredā energy as they fight their way across the levels, and
they can use this energy to summon special power-suits at any time during the game
(activated by pressing Select). The power-suits
allow them to deal a lot more damage and also grant then new fighting abilities,
such as the super-speed dash or the lightning-bolt punch. Defeated
enemies drop all kind of items such as traditional health containers, but
also Cor capsules, time extensions or score items such as gold,
money bags and so forth. Galaxy Deka Gayvan features seven levels, as
well as a two simultaneous player mode and a special Omake Versus mode where
two players can fight one another in a more traditional, one-on-one fashion.
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Debug option screen:
On the game menu screen, enter the option mode and press
Down, Up, I, Left, II, Right,
Run, Select, Run, Select, II,
Right, I, Left and Run. If done correctly,
a new debug option screen should appear where you can listen to the
game's musics, sound effects, pick a level or see all the game's cutscenes (picture
on the right).
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Although Galaxy Deka Gayvan is about as obscure as it gets, it
offers a compellingly fun little piece of brawling goodness. It may not be
immediately apparent upon looking at the screenshots, but beneath the cute
exterior lies a solid and well-crafted fighting game. The graphics and
animations are great (despite the cute chibi style that may put some
players off) and the soundtrack is especially fitting and catchy. Although
the controls are pretty similar to what you'd expect for the genre, the
amount of moves is pretty incredible (special moves are tricky to pull out
though and need some practice). In truth, I'm really impressed by
how much they were able to pull from only two buttons. Enemies tend to be
recycled over and over though, and it would have been nice to have a few more of them.
So there you have it, while Galaxy Deka Gayvan is not as good as a
Double Dragon in cute disguise, it is nevertheless
a pretty solid game that beat'em up fans shouldn't miss.
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