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CROSS WIBER - CYBER COMBAT POLICE
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クロスワイバー
©1990 Face
Release : 1990-12-21 (¥6700)
HuCard (4 Mbits) FA02-008
Action / Beat'em up
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Cross Wiber is a side scrolling action/beat'm up game by Face and
sequel of Cyber Cross originally released in 1989.
The world has been at peace after the great battle against Dr Nozumī,
but a new enemy is rising in his stead.
An alien force from outer-space called Dōma is on a crusade to conquer the world and anything
on its way.
The Galaxy Police Force has uncovered the aliens' evil plan of conquest and has
decided to send Cross Wiber
to destroy their hideout and to put an end to the invasion.
Cyber Combat Police is a classic side-scrolling
action game where the player takes control of a human fighter wearing
civilian clothing. In this form, the Cross Wiber is only
equipped with very basic punch and kick attacks (as
well as a spinning kick triggered by pressing both action buttons
simultaneously in exchange of some life).
However, flying pods scattered throughout the game release power units
allowing the player to eventually transform into a more powerful
super hero with a metal armor (by pressing select). In this mode, the
player can equip three different weapons - Red Wiber (sword),
Blue Wiber (blaster gun with limited ammo) and Green Wiber (boomerang).
As a side note, collecting the same power-up again upgrades the active weapon to a
maximum of six times. Cross Wiber
consists of thirteen levels and is single-player only.
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This game is very inspired by the popular Japanese Tokusatsu series,
and especially the Metal Heroes where the main character (or main characters)
could transform into super heroes wearing metallic armors.
Cross Wiber definitively borrows a lot from great series such as Space
Sheriff Gavan (Uchū Keiji Gavan), Chōjinki Metalder or
Tokkyū Shirei Solbrain to only name a few.
As a side note, Cross wiber is a sequel to
Cyber Cross
released for the PC Engine in 1989... however, this first episode borrowed elements
from the Super Sentai series rather than the Metal Heroes.
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Introduction Story from the game's introduction sequence:
There had been several years
of peace since diabolical Dr.
Nozumi tried to conquer the
Earth.
Now, Earth was being attacked
from outer space by the new,
powerful, well organized, well
armed Doma who planed to take
control of the Earth.
The Galaxy Poline Force uncovered
Doma's plans and assigned
top special inspecter,
Cross Wiber to destroy their
attempt.
Doma, however, had already
deproyed his beast troops to
stamp out the Earth's defences.
Meanwhile, Cross Wiver has
uncovered Doma's main Earth
attack base and launched a
swift counterattack.
"Charge, destroy the Doma !!"
Cross Wiber commanded.
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Game Staff (Copied from the end credits) :
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STAFF
Planner
K.S. First
Programmer
Nak
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Graphic Designer
Torba Special
Kusakabe
Sony
Sting
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Music Programmer
Kawasaki
Music Composer
Dandy Hiroto
Translation
Kazuro
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Assistant
Tamaki
Support
Darkun Katori
Presented by
Sankindo, Face
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Level Select:
At the title screen, press Down, Up, Up,
Down, I, II, I, II, Right,
Left, Down, Right, Up and Run to
activate the Stage Select screen (picture on the right).
Invincibility:
At the title screen, press Left, I, Up, Up,
II, Select, I, II, Down, Up,
Right, II, Up, II, II, II,
I, Select, I and Run to start the game in
invincibility mode (this is technically an infinite energy mode, and you
will still die if you fall into a pit).
Controls Screen:
This is an odd one - at the title screen, press Select four times and
then Run to see the game's controls... (picture on the right)
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Cyber Cross is not a bad game and it does feature a few surprises hidden
here and there (such as the stage where most of the action happens
on the roof of a fast moving train, or the side-scrolling shooting levels).
But the game is plagued with serious gameplay flaws - the controls
are really frustrating and extremely clumsy to use. Enemies keep respawning
and they just all gang up on you. They are very hard to avoid (especially at the
beginning of the game) and you always have this feeling of being underpowered - most
of the weapons are useless (except for the blaster, but it is the only weapon
in the game that runs out of ammo!) and they are impossibly hard to upgrade!
You will struggle to see the
end of this one, even if you use the infinite energy cheat! Some stages
have a non-linear progression with warps and doors that will irritate you beyond
words (level 9 is atrocious!). All in all, Cyber Cross is a really
average and frustrating game - it is a shame really, because it is fairly long
with thirteen stages and there's a lot to see there.
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