PSYCHO DREAM
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©Telenet Japan 1992
Release: 1992-12-11 (¥8900)
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Psycho Dream is an unusual side-scroller game by Telenet Japan and published by Riot. Two courageous demon hunters go on a perilous journey to free the world of the living and also bring back the young girl Saya Kaori imprisoned deep within the demon world. Ryo Shizima is a red dressed swordman who can upgrade his sword into powerful rotating blades and Maria Tobari uses an electric whip and can upgrade it into deadly metal claws. Both heroes can also trigger powerful demon attacks and wipe out most of the enemies on screen. Various monsters drop crystals when defeated which help our heroes on their journey : short-range weapon upgrade (Yellow), long-range weapon (Blue), force-field (Green), Life (Pink), Bomb (Purple). The most powerful crystals are probably the red ones, turning the main characters into powerful deadly hunters. In this new form, Ryo receives a thick metallic armor firing bouncing laser beams and Maria grows wings and fires homing balls of energy in every direction. Despite the choice of two playable characters, the game is single-player only.
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Interestingly, Psycho Dream was planned for release in 1993 in the United States as "Dream Probe". But it never made it to the shelves and a prototype certainly exists.

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Psycho Dream is definitively an unusual game, the overall design of the various demons and locations give this game an added depth, with amazing visuals and stunning transparency effects. I personally find Mary's outfit a bit odd though - she's wearing leather, high heel shoes and use a whip as a weapon. What is a Dominatrix Mistress doing in a video game featuring demons ? Psycho Dream is not bad, controls are a bit sluggish (they feel better as you get used to them) and the game can be sometimes hard and frustrating, especially when your character gets surrounded and can not escape a tricky situation. It is also possible to accumulate tons of Demon Attacks, making you breeze through some of the boss encounters, which is a shame... All in all, Psycho Dream is an interesting game, nothing amazing really, but a title you will surprise yourself going back to from time to time.




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