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超時空要塞マクロス
©Big West
©1985 Namco Ltd.
Release: 1985-12-10 (¥4500)
Cartdridge NMR-4500
Shooter/Horizontal
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Chōjikū Yōsai Macross is a side scrolling shooter by Namco
and published by Bandai. The game is based on the popular anime series of
the same name and known in the west as The Super Dimension Fortress Macross.
The player takes controls of a VF-1 Valkyrie fighter and must destroy a series
of Zentradi star destroyers. Each level is made of a series of three specific attack
phases. The actions stars in outer space where the player blasts through endless waves of
enemy ships, then a large Zentradi ship fills up the screen as more enemies and gun
turrets flood the playfield with bullets. Finally, the VF-1 Valkyrie enters the
starship and destroys its shielded reactor core within a time limit. Once the ship is
blown to oblivion, a new mission starts and a more difficult Zentradi star destroyer
must be destroyed. Like in the anime, the VF-1 Valkyrie fighter can change into three
attack modes - the fighter mode features the fastest scroll speed but it is hard to
maneuver and it lacks rapid fire, the balanced Gerwalk mode is fast and comes equipped
with rapid fire, and the Battroid mode is the fastest on screen and can fire backward.
The VF-1 Valkyrie can also use a limited amount of special attacks and unleash barrages
of homing missiles. Finally, special items randomly appear on screen and give the fighter more
life (F), extra shields (P), bonus points (B)
or more homing missiles (M).
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Chōjikū Yōsai Macross is a decent but rather repetitive shooter.
Graphics are far from stunning but they are good, especially for the time
the game was made. I must say, a chill of excitement went down my spine the
first time I saw the Zentradi fortress in the background, or when I dived
inside that large starship. Sadly, the game doesn't have much else to offer...
the same mission simply loops again and again with steadily increasing difficulty
and complexity. Despite the introduction of new enemy ships the game quickly
becomes a monotonous race for a high score. Diehard fans of the anime might find
Chōjikū Yōsai Macross to be of interest, but the hugely repetitive and
unrewarding gameplay might scare off the most devoted shooter fans out there...
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