VEIGUES TACTICAL GLADIATOR ヴェイグス ©1990 Victor Musical Industries, Inc. ©Game Arts Programed by Bits Release : 1990-06-15 (¥6700) HuCard (3 Mbits) JC63005 Shooter / Action Released in America as VEIGUES TACTICAL GLADIATOR ( TGX030045 ) Veigues Tactical Gladiator is a side scrolling action game developed by Game Arts and published by Victor Musical Industries. In the year 2321 our beloved planet is under attack and the federal army decides to send its best weapon, the Veigues, to counter the invasion. The player takes control of a large humanoid robot and fights his was through ten intense stages. The Veigues comes equipped with multiple types of weapons. The weakest of all is most certainly the short range field-punch mounted on its left arm. Thankfully, its right arm is fitted with a laser-gun that can take down enemies at a long range and a machine-gun located on its chest can hit ground and aerial targets. The Veigues can also hover in the air for a short amount of time and the Vernier bar at the bottom of the screen indicates how long the mech can fly above the ground. In addition, the mech has the incredibly ability to recharge its protective shield. A boss awaits at the end of each action stage and awards the Veigues with experience points when defeated. These points can be used to upgrade any part of the mech or improve its Shield or Vernier ability. Related none Veigues Tactical Gladiator was originally released for the PC-8801mkII Japanese computer in 1988 (picture on the left). The game features a fairly long animated introduction sequence unlike the PC Engine version tested here. Teaser text from the American version: For 3 years, alien invaders have been pounding the earth into a smodering ruin. There isn't a man alive who can stop them. But now there's Veigues, a devastating fighting machine ! Built with captured enemy technology, he's our last desperate hope for survival.,.. and you're in control ! Trash the invaders with the Plazma Cannon ! Just keep your firepower hot and fight like there's no tomorrow. Destroy the aliens or there won't be ! Game Staff (Copied from the American version's end credits) : TACTICAL GLADIATOR - VEIGUES -- STAFF -- PC-ENGINE WORK Game Design Masatoshi Azumi Main Program Hiroshi Nakamura Sub Program Kobito-San Graphic Design Hidenobu Takahashi Masatoshi Azumi Music Arrange Satoru Yoshikawa Sound System Heropin Universal Special Thanks System Cooperator Hidenobu Takahashi Game Adviser Nao Morikuma Music-Sound Adviser Tadashi Shimayama Enemy Dance Director Lucky Anzu Viderin-Naomi-Chan Sum Harada Swan Nakamura Satomi Miya Nekos Dora J. M. Kim Tamarin Inde Tool Support Masas J. M. Kim Heropin Universal Original Work Program Nao Morikuma Game Design Nao Morikuma Masatoshi Azumi Scenario Writer Masaru Takeuchi Graphic Design Masatoshi Azumi Mechanic Design Tsuyoshi Tanaka Masatoshi Azumi Music Composer Mecano Associates Music System Tadashi Shimayama Hiromi Ohba Producer Masaru Yoshioka Youichi Miyaji Satomi Miya ©1990 Musical Industries, Inc. ©Game Arts ©Bits Lab. Presented by Victor Musical industries, Inc. O M A K E Click on picture to enlarge S E C R E T S LK Add your Pov here ! P O V s Veigues could have been an excellent game in its own right but ends up being just average. Graphics and mech designs are rather nice (even if a bit too saturated to my taste) and the game is technically correct with large sprites and a smooth parallax scrolling. But controls are really awkward and are plain slow and clunky. You have to push down to change direction and this does really affect the flow of the game. You will quickly get over it and do half-circles instead which was probably how the game was meant to be played. Sadly the weapon system follows the same general pattern and the chest machine gun is probably the worse offender of all. Think about it, you have to press the two action buttons together to fire it and then to move up and down to *slowly* change its firing direction. And all of this with your mech remaining totally frozen in place... If only Veigues had better controls it may have been a less frustrating experience and most probably a great game.

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