Megablast

Megablast (メガブラスト) is a 1989 horizontally scrolling shooter released in arcades in 1989 by Taito in Europe and Japan. One or two players can control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight stages. Many of the game's mini-bosses resemble previous Taito game characters.

This article is about the arcade game. For the computer game, see Xenon 2 Megablast. For the Bomb the Bass song, see Into the Dragon.
Megablast
European arcade flyer
Developer(s)Taito
Publisher(s)Taito
Platform(s)Arcade
ReleaseOctober 1989
Genre(s)Scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, Two player
CPU68000
SoundYM2610
DisplayHorizontal, 320 x 224 pixels, 4096 colors

The game was re-released for the PlayStation 2 as part of Taito Memories II Gekan in 2007.

Plot

In the future, Earth has achieved a state of global peace, but one problem has arisen: a wholesale disappearance of young women. A top-secret planetary protection organization investigates the strange disappearances and discovers that the women are being abducted by aliens. The aliens hail from the planet Zancs, where a rampant disease has sterilized the entire female population. Unable to mate with their own kind, the people of Zancs have found the perfect reproductive substitutes in the women of Earth, abducting them to keep the planetary population steady.

Two fighter pilots - Downson and Bogey - are ordered to rescue the women of Earth, including one of the pilot's significant others, by flying to Zancs and eliminating any threats the inhabitants pose.

Gameplay

The ship was all ready equipped with four Options, each one set to fire in vertical and horizontal positions. The player collected orbs to empower the Option's firing strength and durability; Each Option had to be empowered by collecting the orbs depending on the Option's direction. The player's Extend was set at every 100,000 points.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Megablast on their December 15, 1989 issue as being the twenty-first most-successful table arcade unit of the year.[1]

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References
  1. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 370. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 December 1989. p. 23.


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