Beast Busters
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| Beast Busters | |
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 North American flyer |
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| Developer(s) | Hamachi, Papa and team, Images Design |
| Publisher(s) | SNK, U.S. Gold, Activision |
| Designer(s) | Mitsuzo.I, Ken, Muromoto, Sakai, Mioshi, Maeda, Fujiwara |
| Platform(s) | Arcade game, Commodore Amiga, Atari ST |
| Release date(s) | 1989 (Arcade) 1990 (Commodore Amiga) 1990 (Atari ST) |
| Genre(s) | Rail shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player, Up to 3 players simultaneously |
| Cabinet | Horizontal |
| CPU | 68000 |
| Sound | Sound CPU : Z80 Sound chips : YM2610 |
| Display | Raster, 256 x 224 pixels, 2048 colors |
Beast Busters is a rail shooter arcade game released by SNK in 1989 and ported to the Commodore Amiga and the Atari ST in 1990. According to Paul Theroux, Michael Jackson owned a Beast Buster arcade machine and frequently took it with him on tour via cargo plane.[1]
[edit] Gameplay
In the game, players control one of three militiamen named Johnny Justice, Paul Patriot and Sammy Stately, who must shoot their way out of a city that has been invaded by the undead. The game has 7 Sections for players to shoot their way through. In between stages players are shown cutscenes explaining the events of the zombie infestation that has overtaken the city.
Players can earn a number of power ups through the course of each stage to aid them in battle such as rockets, grenades, armor, health packs, and ammos.
Each stage has a sub boss as well as an end boss to defeat, all of which have 2 forms to defeat. The game was known for having unusual bosses, such as a zombie punk who mutates into a dog, or a jeep which starts coming to life. One stage ends with the militiamen having to rescue a female CIA agent from that stage's boss.
The original arcade machine allowed for up to three players to play the game at the same time. Guns were mounted to the machine and look like machine guns.
[edit] Sequels
A sequel entitled Beast Busters: Second Nightmare was released in 1999 on the Hyper Neo Geo 64.
A handheld sequel Dark Arms: Beast Busters was released in 1999 for the Neo Geo Pocket Color in the form of an Action RPG.
[edit] References
- ^ Theroux, Paul (5 January 2010). "American writer Paul Theroux about Michael Jackson, Elizabeth Taylor and the biblical Judas". http://www.michaeljackson.com/us/node/547464.
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