Power Quest (video game)

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title=Power Quest


caption=Power Quest box art.
developer=Sunsoft, Japan System Supply
publisher=Sunsoft
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engine=
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released=^US 1999
genre=Action game
modes=Multiplayer
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platforms=Game Boy Color
media=Cartridge
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"Power Quest" is a fighting game developed and published by Sunsoft. It was released for the Game Boy Color in 1999 only in the U.S. and Portugal. In the game, a new craze had hit the town: fighting with model robots. The player would walk around the town as the main character, but would take control of the model robot during fights. There were six robot models available, each with different stats and special moves. The models are Max, Gong, Lon, Axe, Speed, and Borot. Over time, the player could earn credits and buy parts to improve their model. In addition to the story mode, there was a simple versus mode that allowed the player to fight immediately.

Playable Robots

* Max is the most basic robot, with only basic combos, and is a good choice for beginners. Max is a blue robot and many of his moves seem to be derived form boxing. Only two of Max's moves are kick attacks.

* Gong is a "power over speed" robot. He is a large, hullking robot with a gorilla-like build and his attacks deal large amounts of damage in comparison to the other robots. Gongs are used almost exclusively by the main antagonists.

* Lon is based on various Chinese martial artists and his moves reflect this. Lon focuses on a unison of power and speed and has the most long range attacks of all the robots.

* Axe, like Lon, focuses on a merge of power and speed, but unlike Lon, Axe's fighting style is very up-close and personal. As he possesses only one long-range move, Axe is notorious for a powerful and cheap slide attack, which some beginning players tend to abuse.

* Speed is the only female robot. As her name suggests, she is a "speed over power" character and mainly fights with kicks.

* Borot is the joke character of the game. Borot is a rather traditional looking robot, using Caterpillar tracks to move instead of walking. Borot cannot jump, block, or perform special moves, and his only attack is a rather weak punch. "Borot" is an anagram of "robot."

tory

As the game begins school is over for the main character (who is never named) and his friend Louis, and summer vacation has begun. Louis hears about an upcoming tournament involving robots and is excited about his chances, but is dismayed when he remembers the main character's allowance couldn't cover a robot, but merely buy one part of a robot. They return to the main character's house, who's Mom has a surprise for him, he's won a contest he was a part of, and has earned a free robot, (the robot is the player's choice, although the play cannot pick Borot) filled with confidence, the two decide to enter the tournament. Since the tournament won't be starting for quite some time the two decide to warm up on the other people around the town who use robots. After several victories the two hear rumors about a group called "The Hyena Gang" who use cheap and under-handeded tricks to win and cheat people's prize money. The Hyena Gang come to the town but meet surprising resistance from the player character, the last gang member that is defeated warns him that their boss won't go down so easily. Heading to the playground the leaders of the Hyena Gang are found, after the defeat of Colonel, a high leveled member of the gang, the leader of the gang, General, steps foreword to challenge the player, but first has the Scientist turn a suspicious machine on, General defeats the player who leaves and goes to the local shop. Surprisingly, the shop owner knows how to defeat the Hyena Gang, he reveals that they use radio waves to disrupt a persons communications with their robots, making it impossible to beat them, but knows of a way to block those radio waves, painting the players robot with a special paint, the player returns to the playground and defeats General, thus forcing the Hyena Gang to retreat from the town, restoring peace. After multiple more victories on other people the player and Louis are approched by a girl named Ann who challenges them to a fight, Louis loses qucikly and runs away, Ann proceeds to reveal herself to be a sexist, and believes that modern men are weaklings, after Ann leaves another girl approches the player and mentions that Ann has never lost to a boy in a robot fight. Louis leaves a message at the player's house to meet him on the school rooftop, upon arriving there Louis reveals that he's moving, and won't be able to compete in the upcoming tournament, and won't be able to see the player ever again, but wants to challenge the player to a robot fight first, here Louis is shown to be the only character in the game to use Borot, the games weakest robot, upon his defeat Louis gives the player an item allowing the player to use special attacks, and runs away crying over the fact he will never be able to see the player again. Later the Spring Tournament is held, and the player enters, the player defeats both Colonel and General again, and faces Ann in the finals, and defeats her, making the player the first boy Ann lost too, shocking her. After the tournament the player is requested to go to a Japanese castle, as the owner has heard of his exploits, and wishs to fight him, after fighting through two overzealous bodyguards, the player meets the owner of the castle who apologizes over what his underlings tried to do to him, then challenged the player to a fight, upon his defeat, the owner is excited, since he hadn't been defeated in so long. Later the tournament that Louis had mentioned is announced, the National Tournament, is now being held, heading there the player fights through General, Ann, and the castle owner,

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