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(c)1993 NEC AVENUE,LTD.
LICENCED BY TOAPLAN
Release : 1993-2-26 (¥7200)
SuperCDRom² MAPR-1027
Shooter / Platform horizontal
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Horror Story is the conversion of Toaplan's action game release
in the arcades in 1989. The player takes control of a sort of sun-glasses
wearing ghost-chaser ( or two at the same time during the two players simultaneous-mode )
who seems to be lost in a traditional chinese ghost world. Your main weapon is a gun
which can be heavily upgraded during the game, from 2-ways gun, to flame-lasers or rockets.
Our heroes have another secret weapon : they can jump on their enemies' heads to kill them ( This
powerful technique is also used by our favorite plumber who could also flatten evil turtles
and crazy mushrooms ). Another important ability of the character is the double-jump
(very similar to the jump found in Capcom's Chohmakaimura for the
Super Famicom ). This special technique will help you in more than one occasion :
it will allow you, for instance, to access unreachable platforms or reach
bosses' weak points. Enemies vary from blue ghosts riding bicycles to flying
half-skeleton archers. End of stage bosses can be quite big and impressive
like the huge Golden dragon from the first level.
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Horror Story is a very uncommon game. Toaplan is famous for its
excellent shooters, but not much for its platformers and I only heard about
this PC Engine version only recently. This title is somehow designed like a
shooter, the scrolling being continuous and only stopping for boss encounters.
Horror Story is sadly uneven, graphics are well drawn in general but
they sometimes look unfinished and kind of rushed. It is overall fun, despite
being very difficult, and the two simultaneous players mode is certainly a
great feature. All in all, this conversion is more than correct and Nec Avenue
did a great job. But the arcade game was average and this version just follows
its footsteps.
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