Mazinger Z (1994 video game)

Mazinger Z
DeveloperEleven
PublisherBanpresto
ComposersMaki Sugo
Hitoshi Sakimoto
PlatformArcade
Release
  • JP: July 1994
GenreScrolling shooter
ModesSingle-player, multiplayer

Mazinger Z[a] is a 1994 scrolling shooter video game developed by Eleven and published by Banpresto for arcades.[1] It was only released in Japan in July 1994.[2] It is based on the manga of the same name by Go Nagai, as well as its anime adaptation produced by Toei Animation.

Gameplay

Mazinger Z is a vertically scrolling shooter. Players can choose between three playable robots from the Mazinger Z franchise: Mazinger Z , Great Mazinger, and Grendizer.[3][4][5]

Development and release

A Mazinger Z arcade cabinet.

Mazinger Z was developed by Japanese studio Eleven. It was originally released exclusively in the Japanese arcades by Banpresto in 1994. Hamster Corporation released the game as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in May 2023.[6] It was the first game in the series to be based on a non-game property; due to the involvement of Nagai himself, Toei Animation and Banpresto owner Bandai Namco Entertainment, Hamster sold the game at double the series' usual price to pay the license fees.[7]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "For those Shogun Warrior fans, this game is fantastic, for everyone else, it's OK."[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: マジンガーZ, Hepburn: Majingā Z

References

  1. ↑ Takeuchi Hisanori (2011). "たけうち 制作ゲーム" [Takeuchi Game Productions]. Big-Net. Archived from the original on December 3, 2022. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  2. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005) [Arcade TV Game List: Domestic • Overseas Edition (1971-2005)] (in Japanese). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 58. ISBN 978-4990251215.
  3. ↑ Gamest staff (July 15, 1994). "ニューゲームジャングル マジンガーZ" [New Game Jungle: Mazinger Z]. Gamest (in Japanese). No. 119. Shinseisha. p. 183.
  4. ↑ "Recomendaciones: Mazinger Z". MagazinNES (in Spanish). No. 2. April–June 2007. p. 38.
  5. ↑ Segura Alcalde, Enrique (October 2019). "Mazinger Z". Arcade Classics Magazine (in Spanish). No. 2.
  6. ↑ Reynolds, Ollie (May 18, 2023). "Nintendo Download: 18th May (North America)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved May 24, 2026.
  7. ↑ Moyse, Chris (May 13, 2024). "Mazinger Z blasts off of the page and into the Arcade Archives". Destructoid. Gamurs. Archived from the original on April 19, 2024. Retrieved November 20, 2024.
  8. ↑ Next Generation staff (March 1995). "Finals". Next Generation. No. 3. Imagine Media. p. 103. ISSN 1078-9693.
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