Trouble Shooter (1991)

Vic Tokai

Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

3.40 from 15 ratings

39 members have it in their collection · 14 backlogged · 10 wish listed

How long? · with extras 2h (from 1 logged playthrough)

After a prince is taken hostage by Blackball, a mutant weapons genius, Madison (the blonde on the right) and Crystal (the brunette on the left) fight through Blackball's domain on hoverpacks to rescue him. Madison will always shoot to the right. Crystal has more firepower, and she can shoot either left or right, left in order to take care of … Read more
After a prince is taken hostage by Blackball, a mutant weapons genius, Madison (the blonde on the right) and Crystal (the brunette on the left) fight through Blackball's domain on hoverpacks to rescue him. Madison will always shoot to the right. Crystal has more firepower, and she can shoot either left or right, left in order to take care of enemies approaching from behind, or right in order to deal more damage. At the beginning of each stage, you can also choose between four different special weapons. Lightning Storm shoots electricity at random, Tidal Wave is a line of vertical energy that you can control, Blizzard sends circles of energy spiraling outward from you, and Avalanche is a wall of missiles. When King Frederick's only son and heir to the throne is kidnapped by Blackball, the mutant military weapons genius, an international disaster seems imminent. Colonel Patch quickly contacts the "Trouble Shooter" team to find Prince Eldon and destroy Blackball and his treacherous robotic underworld. Madison and her faithful sidekick, Crystal, go through five stages of fearful creatures in their adventure throughout Blackball's domain. Will Prince Eldon survive? Can Madison destroy Blackball? Will the girls emerge from Blackball's evil empire safely? Only time will tell... Read less
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Details

Developers
Vic Tokai
Publishers
Vic Tokai
Genres
Platform, Shooter
Themes
Action, Comedy
Series
Battle Mania

Release dates

  • Nov 01, 1991 (North_America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Nov 1991 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
  • Mar 06, 1992 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
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Rating distribution

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GigaDeathNullGolem

Review GigaDeathNullGolem 4/5 · May 15, 2018

Good Genny SHMUP

enter image description here Discovered this through a twitter post mentioning some games with good use of the YM2612 sound chip and couldn't resist. The soundtrack is indeed unusually good, and worth a listen. I found the game itself also to quite novel (as shooters on consoles in this era usually are slow, bland, choppy or fugly) the only fault it really has is …

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enter image description here Discovered this through a twitter post mentioning some games with good use of the YM2612 sound chip and couldn't resist. The soundtrack is indeed unusually good, and worth a listen. I found the game itself also to quite novel (as shooters on consoles in this era usually are slow, bland, choppy or fugly) the only fault it really has is the woeful attempt to bring about story.

enter image description here Gameplay and general concept consists of a player character and a secondary AI shooter which can be turned to fire left or right (is similar to Forgotten Worlds). It's nothing groundbreaking but the simple management element is just different enough, and challenging enough to maintain interest. The game also looks nice, with its anime stylization that at times resembles old Mega Man mixed with Parodius.

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