Naxat Super Pinball
JAKI CRUSH - YOKOSHIMA ONI HAKAI
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ナグザットスーパーピンボール
邪鬼破壊
©1992 Naxat Soft
Release: 1992-12-18 (¥8500)
Cartridge SHVC-JH
Pinball game
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Jaki Crush is a pinball game by Naxat Soft, and the third
episode in a series that gained popularity on the PC Engine system.
This opus borrows its aesthetic from Japanese folklore and mythology - Jaki
is the name of an evil spirit (or eerie aura from a cursed place) and for that matter,
the game features all kind of Japanese demons, dragons and spectral monsters.
Jaki Crush consists of three large screens that smoothly scroll vertically as
the ball moves around the table. Like any other games in the series, Jaki Crush
plays very much like an actual pinball machine and includes flippers,
bumpers and other traditional obstacles. However, Naxat incorporated
several features unique to video games - such as wandering enemies, hidden screens,
ball upgrades, bosses and expansive visual effects. The most noticeable feature is
undoubtedly the ghostly demon face (in the 'Crush' tradition) that becomes
more tangible as the game progresses. All six bonus stages are also hidden from view,
and can be accessed by sending the ball through narrow passageways, or by cracking
open parts of the playfield and sending the ball through certain ramps. Jaki Crush
includes an alternating and versus two-player mode.
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Special Password:
CRUSHEND - start the game and hit anything on the table
to see the end sequence (picture on the right).
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As far as the Crush series goes, Jaki Crush truly is the forgotten one.
Fans of Naxat Soft's Alien Crush or Devil Crash will absolutely
adore this game. All the ingredients that made the series so attractive are again
reunited here - detailed graphics, unique design, secret screens and perfect gameplay.
No doubt that Jaki Crush technically exceeds the other games in the series and
features fantastic transparency and scaling effects which add additional dimension to
the game. And to this day, I still wonder why the game wasn't released outside of
Japan. All in all, my heart still burns for Devil Crash for the
PC Engine system, which tickles my nostalgia receptors in ways that I
can't resist (and the soundtrack is much better than the one featured in
Jaki Crush, which feels a bit generic). But don't read me wrong,
Jaki Crush is a truly amazing pinball game that can keep you hooked
for hours on end.
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