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マジンガーZ
©Bandai 1993
Release: 1993-06-25 (¥8800)
Cartridge SHVC-JZ/b>
Action / Platform game
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Mazinger Z is an action game based on the most influential
japanese animation series aired in the seventies featuring classic and colorful
giant robots. Dr. Hell has decided to take over the world and his army
of robots brings terror and destruction everywhere they go. The player takes
controls of Mazinger Z, a powerful humanoid super-robot created by Dr. Kabuto
and piloted by the young Koji. The game starts in a devastated city where the player
quickly encounters the first legions of Dr Hell's giant robots. Mazinger Z has
special weapons and abilities - like in the television series, he can use his fists
to punch his opponents, but he can also use special attacks such as missiles, Eye-Photon Beams or the red wave-laser
that he shoots from his chest. He can also launch his fists for long range attacks.
But do not worry, they are well designed and automatically come back into place for future punch attacks.
Enemies can also be grabbed and thrown away, or Mazinger Z can trigger special combo-attacks
if he keeps punching them quick enough. The game features six levels and short animated cutscenes
are played between each one of them as the story unfolds. Each stage is split in small areas where all enemies need
to be destroyed before Mazinger can carry on his journey to the level's boss.
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Mazinger Z (aka Tranzor Z in America) has probably created an entire
genre by itself and is certainly the ultimate reference to the now popular Japanese giant
super-robots. The story of Mazinger Z is quite complex. Dr. Kabuto
is a scientist who, one day, finds the remains of an ancient advanced civilization and
their advanced technology. He eventually discovers giant-robots and before he can fully
understand how they work, Dr Hell takes control of them and decides
to overtake the world. Dr kabuto doesn't have much choice
and he also decides to build a super-robot
to stop this terrible plot. Koji Kabuto, a teenager and
Kabuto's grandson, becomes the pilot of this new powerful weapon :
the legendary Mazinger Z. Kabuto will later die and
Koji will look for revenge. This is the basic story line of
Mazinger Z which of course deeply evolves throughout the series. The characters
were originally created by Go Nagai back in 1972. He is also known for his
most famous work Devilman. They both became long-running animated
television series the same year due to their huge success in Japan.
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I have always loved classic Japanese giant robots (Grendizer, aka Goldorak,
was quite popular in France when I was a kid) and Mazinger Z is jammed-packed full of them.
Sadly the game is average. There are tons of different robots to fight against and graphics are
quite clear and detailed. But controls are a bit awkward and I find the game's
overall dynamic rather slow. Then top this with an unbalanced difficulty level (mostly due
to the flawed controls I must say) and you get a game that doesn't deliver what
the cover promises. Mazinger Z is also quite rare and sometimes expensive
but my advise would be not to rush for it, and to wait for a good deal. If you like classic
Japanese robots then this game can be a nice and fun experience (or a nice curiosity piece),
not the best I must say, but still quite enjoyable to some extent.
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