Here's an oddity on the Super Famicom. I can't really say when I heard of this game for the first time. But it was on my backlog so I must have heard it from somewhere. This one was done by Lenar, I didn't really know the name but I saw they made some Famicom stuff like Bird Week, that unique experience where you take care of birds as a mother bird and Mashou (Deadly Towers in the States) a very poorly received action adventure game. This was their very last game they ever worked on and well I'll just talk about it now.
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, this is very similar to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Some of the gameplay and the way it looks in some areas just shows the inspiration. That's not a bad thing though as LTTP is one of the few Zelda games I actually enjoy. In this game you shoot with a gun and can punch as well going through 8 dungeons to defeat bosses.
Your character can get a variety of weapons through pickups like a machine gun, flamethrower, spread shot and some more. They do have limited ammo so be careful and sadly they become useless in my opinion by late game. There's also firecrackers that will do instantly defeat enemies and there's even a stronger variant that covers the screen. You can also crawl to dodge bullets and strafe using the triggers.
Sadly combat doesn't evolve past that as you don't get any permanent combat items outside of upgrades making combat the same situation each time. This is also the case for dungeons. There are no puzzles or really any thought put into these. You just go into rooms fighting enemies until you find the boss to defeat it. You can collect treasures for...more points but otherwise they all just blend together though I did like the Ghost town.
The bosses are just ehh for me, they can be annoying but some are just way too easy and sometimes just take too many hits. I don't know if it's just me but I also feel like there's no good feedback if you're doing the right thing which kind of annoyed me.
The game's high point has to be the charm it has. Sure it may have black face enemies (still not as bad as Square Tom Sawyer Famicom RPG) but it's also got a lot of good writing. I did play the fan translation so maybe it changed stuff to make it more appealing but it's good stuff even if some of the text feels repetitive and uninteresting. Also I see you Lenar, letting the horse you ride sometimes coming in dressed as Sailor Moon, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME RAISE THE SCORE JUST FOR THAT!!
The game looks nice though for 1997 it was probably nothing amazing. The voices outside of like the title screen song are pretty bad. The sprites are weird like they got different artists for the various humans you'll see. I would check the credits to see but guess what there are none! Still it's got charm here and there but nothing outstanding. The music is quite nice and it's got some good ones here and there but screw the boss theme, it's so boring and you hear it so much.
I think Gunman's Proof is a decent game that didn't really impress me but it's got heart. It feels like the team didn't get to do everything they want but it's got the humor and it's got a good base but it just isn't enough for me personally. If this was expanded then I could see a good game here but what is here is still fun if flawed. Just no more black face please! Bad Japan. Still I'm glad I tried it and at least Lenar didn't end on a bad note. It's got fans and in the end that's what maybe matters.
I'm not gonna sugarcoat it, this is very similar to The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. Some of the gameplay and the way it looks in some areas just shows the inspiration. That's not a bad thing though as LTTP is one of the few Zelda games I actually enjoy. In this game you shoot with a gun and can punch as well going through 8 dungeons to defeat bosses.
Your character can get a variety of weapons through pickups like a machine gun, flamethrower, spread shot and some more. They do have limited ammo so be careful and sadly they become useless in my opinion by late game. There's also firecrackers that will do instantly defeat enemies and there's even a stronger variant that covers the screen. You can also crawl to dodge bullets and strafe using the triggers.
Sadly combat doesn't evolve past that as you don't get any permanent combat items outside of upgrades making combat the same situation each time. This is also the case for dungeons. There are no puzzles or really any thought put into these. You just go into rooms fighting enemies until you find the boss to defeat it. You can collect treasures for...more points but otherwise they all just blend together though I did like the Ghost town.
The bosses are just ehh for me, they can be annoying but some are just way too easy and sometimes just take too many hits. I don't know if it's just me but I also feel like there's no good feedback if you're doing the right thing which kind of annoyed me.
The game's high point has to be the charm it has. Sure it may have black face enemies (still not as bad as Square Tom Sawyer Famicom RPG) but it's also got a lot of good writing. I did play the fan translation so maybe it changed stuff to make it more appealing but it's good stuff even if some of the text feels repetitive and uninteresting. Also I see you Lenar, letting the horse you ride sometimes coming in dressed as Sailor Moon, YOU CAN'T MAKE ME RAISE THE SCORE JUST FOR THAT!!
The game looks nice though for 1997 it was probably nothing amazing. The voices outside of like the title screen song are pretty bad. The sprites are weird like they got different artists for the various humans you'll see. I would check the credits to see but guess what there are none! Still it's got charm here and there but nothing outstanding. The music is quite nice and it's got some good ones here and there but screw the boss theme, it's so boring and you hear it so much.
I think Gunman's Proof is a decent game that didn't really impress me but it's got heart. It feels like the team didn't get to do everything they want but it's got the humor and it's got a good base but it just isn't enough for me personally. If this was expanded then I could see a good game here but what is here is still fun if flawed. Just no more black face please! Bad Japan. Still I'm glad I tried it and at least Lenar didn't end on a bad note. It's got fans and in the end that's what maybe matters.
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