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クライシスフォース
©Konami 1991
Release: 1991-08-27 (¥6000)
Cartdridge RC856
Shooter/vertical
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Crisis Force is a vertical shooter by Konami. In the year 19XX,
an army of mysterious robots descend from the sky and trample Tokyo city,
destroying everything in their wake. Humanity's survival lies in the hands of two
skilled pilots - a boy and a girl. On board their shape-changing Aura Wing fighter, they
rush to the Japanese capital, ready to take on the invader's running attack led
by a powerful humanoid flying machine. Each fighter can switch to three ship
configurations at anytime during the game - the first one only fires straight
forward, the second shots forwards and backwards, and the third configuration shoots
forwards and sideways. Power-ups come in two main flavors - red power-pods upgrade
the laser capability of the ship whereas blue ones increase its firing power.
However, they are mutually exclusive and the ship can only use one weapon
configuration, or the other. Furthermore, an array of extra power-ups are also
there for the taking - blue 'S' pods speed up the ship (or slow it down if
they are red), 'B' pods add a bomb to the ship's arsenal (which can be
activated by pressing the two action buttons together) and special Ring
pods accumulate energy. The latter are a central part of the gameplay and collecting
five of them (usually dropped by enemy formations) transform the fighter into a highly
destructive and invincible large ship for a short amount of time (interestingly, both
players control this ship in two-player mode). Crisis Force consists of seven
stages and features a two simultaneous player mode.
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Game Staff (Copied from the end credits) :
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CRISIS FORCE
STAFF
- Program -
Tom*Cat
W. Tocoma
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- Design -
M. Kishimoto
F. Katakami
- Sound -
K. Matsubara
Y. Manno
J. Chuuma
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- P Design -
Funa-B
Super Special Thanks
S. Kusaka
K. Aoyama
I. Mano
Dog and Ueko
Eigyo-Bu
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Presented by
KONAMI
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Konami code:
If you enter the Konami code (up, up, down, down, left,
right, left, right, B and A)
on the title/menu screen, the game rewards you with 15 ships!
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Konami has blessed the 8-bit and 16-bit era with magnificent
shooters, and Crisis Force is definitively one of them. A true
gem of a game. The first thing that hits you like a meteor shower are the
graphics - they are gorgeous, visually enticing, wonderfully imaginative
and although the game starts with a fairly generic framework, the later
levels are downright stunning and take you to an alien world heavily
influenced by ancient Egyptian mythology, with alternately huge and
imaginative bosses. The gameplay is quite fast and is also something to
love. Things tend to slowdown later in the game though, and you can
feel that Crisis Force pushes the Famicom hardware to its
limit (especially in two-player mode), but nothing that hinders the
gameplay. On the plus side, the game's soundtrack and sound design
are simply excellent. All in all, Konami triumphs again in
delivering an epic and stellar shooter that far exceeds the norm.
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