CHŌZETSU RINJIN BERABŌ MAN
( Bravoman )
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超絶倫人ベラボーマン
©1988 1990 Namco Ltd.
Release : 1990-07-13 (¥6800)
HuCard (4 Mbits) NC90005
Action / Platform game
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Released in America as
BRAVOMAN
( TGX040047 )
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Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabō Man is a platform/action game by
Namco, conversion the arcade game of the same name originally released in 1988.
Dr Bomb, a mad scientist with hair shaped like a purple nuclear
mushroom cloud, plans for world domination and an alien from the
planet Alpha decides to stop this sinister scheme from becoming a reality.
To do so, he transforms an ordinary man called Nakamura (aka Arnold)
into the most
powerful (and unique) super hero the Earth has ever seen -
thus is born Berabō Man!
The player takes control of the weird and hilarious super-hero whose
main power lays in his mind boggling distance attacks.
He has the incredible ability to stretch his limbs to impossible lengths,
and attack by either extending his arms, legs and neck.
The reach of Berabō Man's attacks is determined by
how long the player holds the action button, and this
technique also applies to jumps.
Foes come in various shapes and sizes, from odd looking
robots to large aquatic monsters. Some of them drop
red icons when defeated, and these bonuses can be collected
in order to call Fukubiki Man (aka Lottery Man), Berabō Man's
friend - a weird looking robot that gives aways power-ups
enclosed in floating bubbles (such as Extra Energy,
Energy Bolts, Extra Life,
Invincibility and so forth). Berabō Man has
another supernatural power - he can turn into a small
robot-fish and some stages feature this rather unique
and advanced aquatic ability. Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabō Man
consists of twenty two levels and is single-player only.
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The original arcade game was released by Namco in 1988 (picture on the left).
The PC Engine conversion tested here is quite faithful to
the original game. Controls are different though and the arcade game had three
different power levels (low, medium and high)
for attacks and jumps, whereas the PC Engine version uses a system
where action buttons need to be hold down to increase the range of
the attacks. The stage layout is also slightly different - for instance
the wooden house from the third stage was omitted and the arcade game
features more enemies such as a black and evil Berabō Man who
battles our hero at the beginning of the game.
As a side note, Berabō Man did a cameo appearance in Namco × Capcom
released for Sony's Playstation 2 in 2005.
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Teaser text from the American version:
Dr. Bomb is a mad scientist with an attitude. He just activated his
End the World Weapon and only you, BRAVOMAN, can find hil lab
and save us all! About a zillian of his deadly creatures are out to
stop you. Spring your killer kicks, mega wallops and head butts
agains the scissor-tentacled Twin Squarain. Defeat Zartan's attacks
from the sky! Then face the nuclear-haired madman himself! Will
it be defeat for Dr.Bomb or doomsdays for us? Tick... tick... tick...
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Japanese Guidebook
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Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabō Man is such an odd game...
The stretching attack technique is a nice feature and,
even if awkward at first, becomes easy to use after some practice.
The game is also hilarious in places and you can even
beat up Fukubiki Man (your robot friend) and watch
him complain...
The main character is surprisingly quite large on screen, but
this comes at a price and he is really hard to control.
The scrolling (despite being a technical
achievement) is a real
pain at times and suffers from a sort of lag that
makes it incredibly frustrating, and often fatal.
Additionally, the graphics are really average and the game is incredibly
repetitive and the same few backgrounds are used throughout
the levels. But, worst of all, Berabō Man is way too
difficult. Controls are clunky and the game has you to
start a stage all over again if you lose a life, even
during a boss fight!
All in all, Chōzetsu Rinjin Berabō Man is average and
tedious. It can be however hilarious and entertaining,
especially the American version with its weird and funny
translation errors...
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