Mazinger Z
Mazinger Z is an Action game, developed by Eleven (Japan) and published by Banpresto, which was released in Japan in 1994.This is shooting game in which you will be able to pick your character between Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger and Grandizer, each of them with their own strengths and weaknesses... yep, appears that although the name of the game only has one of those robots, you can control one from the 3 of them, or 2 if you will be playing in the usual 2-player game, which requires a friend of yours to spend his own coins.
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HISTORY
Mazinger Z is a 1994 scrolling shooter video game developed by Eleven and published by Banpresto for arcades. It was only released in Japan in July 1994. 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.
Development and release
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. 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.
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."
1CC RUNS
One-credit clears we point to as the benchmark for this game.