Megablast
Sign in to saveMegablast (メガブラスト) is a horizontally scrolling shooter released internationally in arcades in 1989 by Taito. One or two players control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight stages. Many of the minibosses resemble previous Taito game characters.
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Vinony files it under 1989 video games, Arcade Archives games and Arcade video games.
Its subject is documented across 4 Wikipedia language editions.
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Megablast (メガブラスト) is a 1989 Horizontal scrolling shooter arcade game released by Taito in Europe and Japan. One or two players could control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight stages. The game is somewhat parodical as many of the game’s mini-bosses resemble previous Taito game characters and the ending theme consists of a Beethoven song. 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…
- Released
- 1989
- Genres
- Shooter
- Platforms
- Arcade
- Game modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Split screen
- Developer
- Taito Corporation
- Publisher
- Taito Corporation
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- video game
- Genre
- shoot 'em up
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Publisher
- Taito
- Developer
- Taito
- Platform
- arcade video game machine
- Game mode
- single-player video game
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- publication date
- 1989-11-00
- input device
- joystick
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Megablast (メガブラスト) is a horizontally scrolling shooter released internationally in arcades in 1989 by Taito. One or two players control space fighters assigned to deal with an alien invasion using incredible firepower through eight stages. Many of the minibosses resemble previous Taito game characters.
The game was re-released for the PlayStation 2 as part of Taito Memories II Gekan in 2007.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Megablast” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.