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Vigilante

ビジランテ
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Platform PC Engine Year 1989
Publisher Irem Developer Irem
Region JP Language English
Tags Action, Single Player, Beat'em Up, Arcade Conversion
Platform PC Engine
Year 1989
Publisher Irem
Developer Irem
Region JP
Language English
Tags Action, Single Player, Beat'em Up, Arcade Conversion

Fight your way through the streets of New York as you attempt to rescue Madonna, a female hostage kidnapped by an evil gang. Make your way though five levels as you fight an endless number of enemies before reaching the boss. You can punch, kick, jump kick, and pick up nunchucks to help in fighting the enemies.
 
Good Bad
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Colorful parallax backgrounds
  • Madonna!
  • Constant enemy respawn
  • Bosses are either too easy to too hard depending on whether you have nunchucks
  • Take a lot of damage from attacks
  • Very repetitive
  • Use of up for jumping
  • Jump kick is impossible to consistently pull off
Good
  • Beautiful graphics
  • Colorful parallax backgrounds
  • Madonna!
 
Bad
  • Constant enemy respawn
  • Bosses are either too easy to too hard depending on whether you have nunchucks
  • Take a lot of damage from attacks
  • Very repetitive
  • Use of up for jumping
  • Jump kick is impossible to consistently pull off
 
3 Although the graphics are great, the boring level design and lack of a third button makes this game a chore to play. Bosses are also a nightmare without nunchucks.

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