![]() Mostly they are identical games besides some superficial censoring. The version I’ll be reviewing here is the Japanese version since I feel it is the superior of the two as far as atmosphere goes. Hong-Hua is the fast and agile female character that every beat-em-up of the era required. Jake is a reject from a failed 80’s hair band that happened to have giant cyborg arms. The “Night Slashers”, yea, sounds more like a trio of serial killers then monster slaying hero’s.Ĭhristopher is a Billy Ray Cyrus look alike vampire hunter, hes the most balanced character. Zombies, mutants and monsters of all sorts have overrun the earths armies and mankind is being slowly eradicated with only a few remaining outposts.įirst lets take A look at our three intrepid hero’s which are all selectable playable characters. The world has been overrun by the undead. The plot of the game is pretty sparse as to be expected from a arcade game and especially a beat-em-up. There are two versions of this game, one released in Japan and then an oversees version with the various censoring that I’ll get into. The game also has a pretty high gore level for the time as well as a pretty excellent sound track. What sets Night Slashers apart from other games is its excellently executed horror theme featuring various monsters such as zombies, werewolves and vampires. The game is your basic beat-em-up where you scroll from left to right beating the hell out of everything in your path. Night Slashers is a 1993 Arcade release from Date East which has as far as I can tell no ports to any other system. I was immediately captivated by the amazing horror atmosphere and game play. In 2017 the game was fan translated into English.I came across Night Slashers as a young man at a local amusement parks arcade. In 1995, the game received a sequel, Guardians ( ガーディアンズ), also known as Denjinmakai II ( 電神魔傀II). It was released with the title Ghost Chaser Densei for the Super Famicom home console on Septemand was published by Banpresto. The government has set up a special police organization, Ghost Chaser, to stop Ghost terrorists. ![]() However, criminals who can not be found by the control system, called Ghosts, have infiltrated the country. In the year 2079, there is a country in the far east where a super computer controls all of the information in its cities, and crimestopping was supposed to be perfect. In the home version, only three (Makai, Iyo, and Belva) out of the six characters are playable, and the other three (Kurokishi, Zeldia, and Tulks) were turned into bosses one stage was also removed. Weapons have limited uses and will disappear if the player is disarmed by an enemy too much or when the player moves to a new area. Items such as weapons, health recovery items, and items awarding extra points can be picked up by standing over one and pressing the attack button. A thrown enemy can be tossed at another for additional damage. ![]() When an enemy is grabbed, the player can perform a grab attack by pressing the attack button or perform a throw by tilting the joystick left or right. When two players play, they can perform team-based special moves.Įnemies can be grabbed simply by walking into one of them. The player also can perform a jump attack. The final blow of the combo can be changed to a throw if the player moves the joystick in the opposite direction just before landing it. Pressing the attack button repeatedly when attacking an enemy or multiple enemies will cause the player character to perform a combo. The controls consist of an eight-way joystick and two buttons for attacking and jumping respectively. Health gauges are displayed for both player and enemy characters, while energy bars are displayed for special moves. A sequel, Guardians, was released in 1995.ĭenjinmakai can be played by up to two players simultaneously. It was later ported to the Super Famicom (known as the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in other countries) under the title Ghost Chaser Densei ( ゴーストチェイサー電精). Denjinmakai ( 電神魔傀), or Denjin Makai, is a 1994 side-scrolling beat 'em up developed by Winkysoft and published by Banpresto that was originally released as a coin-operated arcade game.
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