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DEZAEMON KAITE TSUKUTTE ASOBERU
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COPYRIGHT ATHENA 1994
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Cartridge SHVC-66
Shooter / Editor Game
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Dezaemon is a shooter editor by Athena.
This unlikely game comes with an already build-in vertical shooter
called Daioh Gale but this is only half of what this
title has to offer. Dezaemon allows the player to create his
own shooter - draw the graphics, design the levels and power-ups and
even compose the soundtrack ! Daioh Gale sorts of show what
the editor is capable of with waves of enemy spaceships, power-ups and
bosses. The game is all in Japanese language so expect a bit
of trial and errors - but the overall interface relies a lot
on icons which will help anyone not familiar with the Japanese
language.
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Dezaemon game series is little known in the west, but it has been a long-running series
of games and around in japan for a while. The first version was released for the Famicom
in 1991. Then the Super Famicom system received an updated version in 1994.
Dezaemon Plus (Playstation, 1996) and Dezaemon 2 (Saturn, 1997)
followed. Even a Dezaemon Kids! was released for the Playstation in 1998.
The last episode (so far) was probably Dezaemon 3D released for the Nintendo 64 in 1998.
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The first time I tried Dezaemon Plus was for the Playstation
which comes with a large library of sample shooters.
This Super Famicom version is virtually identical, only lacking the
library. I am wondering if this library wasn't in fact
created by fan of the Super Famicom version and later
released as a bonus for the Playstation port.
Anyway, back to this version. The interface is easy to use, especially the music
editor which allows you to quickly write very interesting and catchy
tunes. The only shame of this version is the way how the shooters you
build are stored. Only a
limited amount of data can be saved on the cartridge and there is no way to
save it anywhere else as far as I know. The only way to share your
shooter with other players is to hand them your cartridge !
It must have been rather frustrating back in the days and the on-board Ram is not
that big. Except for this flaw, the built-in game is very enjoyable and
the editor somehow educational showing players how 2D games used to be made.
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