Comical Machine Gun Joe
released on Apr 21, 1986
This game was originally released only in Japan on Sega Card, though has appeared in several compilations since.
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Fun shoot'em up.
We shoot in different directions and jump to avoid enemy bullets. It seems like a mundane gangster themed action game but things get weirder and weirder as we play: pigs come in the stage and drop bombs we can use when they get hit, enemies shrink(?) when "killed", we go from a town to a fantasy fairy land?? It's clear that this game doesn't take itself seriously, but that's it's charm. The stages end with a boss enemy, which is always some steretypical mobster that goes down with three hits, but there is a low chance that a bonus boss spawning, which is shcoolgirl with a machinegun that is even harder to defeat and has it's own cute music theme (like I said, this game doesn't take itself seriously).
We shoot in different directions and jump to avoid enemy bullets. It seems like a mundane gangster themed action game but things get weirder and weirder as we play: pigs come in the stage and drop bombs we can use when they get hit, enemies shrink(?) when "killed", we go from a town to a fantasy fairy land?? It's clear that this game doesn't take itself seriously, but that's it's charm. The stages end with a boss enemy, which is always some steretypical mobster that goes down with three hits, but there is a low chance that a bonus boss spawning, which is shcoolgirl with a machinegun that is even harder to defeat and has it's own cute music theme (like I said, this game doesn't take itself seriously).
Juego de disparos infinito con cuatro fases que se repiten en las que tenemos que ametrallar gangsters, cerdos, arañas y colegialas.
La estética y lo absurdo de todo es lo único destacable.
La estética y lo absurdo de todo es lo único destacable.
I admire the strange and nonsensical humor of this game and found the shooting to be kind of fun, but the gameplay wasn't really strong enough. I'm very annoyed by the specific angles of fire for moving left and right (also not a fan of shooting games where the angle of fire is determined by movement, but the master system only has one D-pad, so no twin stick gameplay is possible without using 2 controllers at once). It's fine for a go or two, but there's not a lot here to come back and enjoy.