Doraemon (1986 video game)

Doraemon (1986 video game)
Doraemon
Front cover of Doraemon package.
Front cover of Doraemon package.
Developer(s) Hudson Soft
Publisher(s) Hudson Soft
Designer(s) Yukio Osato (producer)[1]
Katsuhiro Nozawa (director, story writer, programmer)[1]
Takahashi Meijin (screenplay writer)[1]
Composer(s) Atsushi Chikuma[1]
Platform(s) Family Computer
Release date(s) December 12, 1986
Genre(s) Action-adventure
Shoot 'em up
Mode(s) Single-player
Media/distribution 320kbit cartridge

Doraemon (ドラえもん lit. "Doraemon"?) is a 1986 video game software developed and published by Hudson Soft for the Nintendo Family Computer exclusively in Japan. It is based on Fujiko F. Fujio's (the pen name of Hiroshi Fujimoto) Japanese manga series of the same name, which later became an anime series and Asian franchise. It was the tenth best selling Famicom game released in 1986, selling approximately 1,150,000 copies in its lifetime.[2] It is the third game created for the Doraemon license after the versions created for the Arcadia 2001 and the Epoch Cassette Vision. Even though the game is completely playable by a player with no knowledge of Japanese language, ROM translator Neokid released an English translation patch for the game.

Gameplay

In this game, Doraemon must travel through three different chapters in order to save his five human friends who have been kidnapped. Each world is actually a different game with its own style of genre and game play system, and was designed by a different lead designer. The first chapter is an action game that takes place in a pioneer that scrolls continuously in four directions. The second chapter is a shooter game that scrolls through the evil den automatically in both horizontal and vertical directions. The third chapter is an aquatic adventure game where each screen scrolls over to the next. Each world must be completed by defeating a boss at the end. Then the player will advance to the next chapter, until all three bosses have been vanquished. Power-ups can be obtained in each chapter to increase Doraemon's strength and health meter. One power-up from the next chapter can be found in the first two chapters to give you an advantage when you finally arrive there.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Closing credits of the Doraemon game
  2. ^ "Japan Platinum Game Chart". The Magic Box. http://www.the-magicbox.com/topten2.htm. Retrieved 2009-03-13. 

External links

v · d · eDoraemon by Fujiko Fujio
Franchise
Chapters • Doraemon (1973 anime)  • Doraemon (1979 anime) (episodes)  • Doraemon (2005 anime) • Characters • The Doraemons • Dorabase • Yume o Kanaete Doraemon • Doraemon TV Soundtrack Collection • Non-Japanese versions
Feature films
Nobita's Dinosaur (1980) • Spaceblazer (1981) • Haunts of Evil (1982) • Castle of the Undersea Devil (1983) • Into the Underworld (1984) • Little Star Wars (1985) • Steel Troops (1986) • Knights of Dinosaurs (1987) • Journey to the West (1988) • Birth of Japan (1989) • Animal Planet (1990) • Dorabian Nights (1991) • Kingdom of Clouds (1992) • Tin-Plate Labyrinth (1993) • Fantastic Three Musketeers (1994) • Genesis Diary (1995) • Galatic Express (1996) • Clockwork City (1997) • South Sea Adventure (1998) • Drifts in the Universe (1999) • Legend of the Sun King (2000) • Winged Braves (2001) • Robot Kingdom (2002) • The Wind Wizard (2003) • Wannyan Space-Time Odyssey (2004) • Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 (2006) • Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld – The Seven Magic Users (2007) • Nobita and the Green Giant Legend (2008) • The New Record of Nobita: Spaceblazer (2009) • Nobita's Great Battle of the Mermaid King (2010) • Nobita and the New Steel Troops: ~Angel Wings~ (2011)
Short films
The Birth of Doraemon (1995) • Robot School's Seven Mysteries (1996) • A Grandmother's Recollections (2000) • Doraemon 3D Short (2008)
Games
Doraemon (1986) • Giga Zombie no Gyakushū (1990) • Nobita to Mittsu no Seirei Ishi (1997) • Nobita to Hikari no Shinden (1998) • SOS! Otogi no Kuni (1999) • Nobita no Machi SOS! (2000) • Makai no Dungeon (2000) • Doraemon no Quiz Boy 2 (2002) • Minna de Asobō! Minidorando (2003) • Nobita's Dinosaur 2006 DS (2006) • Nobita no Shin Makai Daibouken DS (2007)  • Doraemon Wii (2007) • Nobita and the Green Giant Legend DS (2008)  • Doragana (2008)


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