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From : DeviFoxx
Added: Jan 27, 2007
源平討魔伝 "Genpei Toumaden" [The Genji & The Heike Clans Defeat Demon Story] is an old NAMCO Beat/Slash-'em-Up Action Platformer in the Japanese Arcades from 1986 running on "NAMCO System 86" Arcade Software. The Game's story is an elaborated and exaggerated adaptation of 平家物語 "Heike Monogatari", or "The Tale of the Heike", which is a historical account of the struggle between two clans, the Minamoto and Taira clans in 12th Century medieval Japan in what became known as the "Genpei War". The game itself was technologically ahead of its time--both looking and sounding like an early SEGA Genesis game such as "Altered Beast". Storyline-wise, the game took a large twist on the historical account through role-reversal. Making 平景清 "Kagekiyo-no-Taira" (the main protagonist throughout the video) into the Hero, while 武蔵坊弁慶 "Saito Musashibo Benkei", 源義経 "Minamoto-no-Yoshitsune", and his older brother (as well as the game's final boss), 源頼朝 "Minamoto-no-Yoritomo". Bad guys are good, and good are bad. The promotional trailer gives a brief introduction of Kagekiyo. Dying from a series of arrows during the Battle of Dan-no-ura, Kagekiyo is ressurected from the Underworld by Emperor Enma and Old Lady Andaba and ordered to both avenge himself and save the world by slaying Yoritomo and liberating ancient Japan from his evil grasp. The footage itself has seen alot of "action". It was recorded with the cinematography abilities of an old "Godzilla" flick, and was later copied to "NAMCO Museum Vol. 4" as a special "Bonus, Alternate Game Introduction" by holding down L1+L2+R1+R2 when you boot the game up. The original 5 Namco Museums for PSX were the best ones in my opinion because they went into the most depth and gave you a virtual museum to walk around in. This copy however was recorded from a partially scratched Disc. I may remaster it later--I'm very lucky to own the original five games seeing as they are quite rare nowadays.
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