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''Gunstar Heroes'' (ガンスターヒーローズ) is a Run And Gun Video Game released in 1993 by Treasure Co. Ltd for the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis and the Sega Game Gear . In many aspects, ''Gunstar Heroes'' is considered innovative. It combined a linear, side-scrolling shooter with plot elements, a combo-based weapon system, a dice game, recurring bosses, and combat strategy. It remains one of the most popular games of the 16-bit console, and is often found being traded for relatively high prices (around 10 times the price of a common cartridge). In the console's later years it was re-packed in Sega's ''Classic Pack'' along other games such as '' Alex Kidd In The Enchanted Castle '', '' Altered Beast '' and '' Flicky ''. STORY Sometime in the future, somewhere not too far from where you live, an amazing adventure takes place... The Gunstar family has been the protector of the Gunstar 9 (G-9) for generations. Professor White Gunstar, in his youth, defeated the Robot Golden Silver, a machine that traveled millions of miles to suck G-9 dry of all its resources. Professor White was able to extract the four famous Mystical Gems (The robot's power source), and imprisoned the robot on one of G-9's moons. But now, years later, a new menace has arisen. Colonel Smash, a vicious dictator (and a very bad dresser), found out that the Gunstars knew the location of the Mystical Gems. One day, The Colonel kidnapped the Gunstar twins' older brother Green and used a mind control machine to make Green obey his orders. With Green's help, Colonel Smash has amassed all four Mystical Gems, has turned Gunstar 9's peaceful worker droids into deadly menaces, and is now preparing to leave for Gunstar 9's moon to reactivate Golden Silver. As one of the Gunstar twins, you must fight your way past Colonel Red's Empire Army and retrieve the Mystical gems, or Golden Silver, the Destructor will rise again and destroy your world! Are you heroic enough for the task? CHARACTERS
Player 1
Player 2
She is very close to Green, and is working together with the Professor to help the Gunstar Heroes on their mission and find out more of Green's brainwashing.
He was brainwashed by Colonel Red, and now he collected the Gems that can reawaken Golden Silver. He also stole the ancient relic "Seven Force" in the mines.
Known as Professor White Gunstar in his youth, he deactivated Golden Silver in the past. He'll provide the twins with gadgets and brief them on their missions.
Pink is a well known bounty hunter that was hired to stop the progress of the Gunstars.
He is the tall member of pink's group who would do anything for Pink.
He is the small member of Pink's group who would obey Pink without question.
The Captain of a huge warship, Orange loves melee combat, and is known for his incredible fighting skills and strength.
The Lord of the Strange Fortress. Black awaits the Gunstars at his Fortress, which is filled with many treacherous traps.
Not much is known about Colonel Smash except that he aspires to reawaken Golden Silver. He is eager to face the Gunstars, but it seems as though he's not alone...
Not much is known about the General except that he's pulling the strings of Smash Daisaku (who was under the guise of dictator "Colonel Smash") from behind the scenes. Why is he so evil?
Golden Silver is a 1000 year old robot that was programmed to go across the universe and suck the energy out of planets. He was deactivated by the Professor earlier, but now an uprising threatens to reawaken him with the Gems taken from him. What is their motive...? STAGES The first four stages can be done in any order, so they are listed in the order they are presented, left-to-right, on the stage selection screen.
WEAPONS When the game begins, players can choose to pay with either Fixed Shot, or Free Shot.
The weapon system gives each player space for two weapon shots. The player can then combine any two simple shots to form a combo shot. This isn't to say that the player is forced to use the combination; with the press of a button the player can choose to rotate from the combo to only one weapon, then to the other, and finally back to the combo. Generally, though, the combo shots are more powerful. Although players choose their main shot at the beginning of the game, the weapons are dropped very frequently from bird-like robots that fly by during the heat of battle. If the player only has one slot selected, then they can choose to swap that weapon out for the new one, creating entirely different combos. In addition to all the weapons, it is also possible to grab enemies that get too close, and toss them into other enemies, damaging both enemies involved. This can be risky since several enemies are capable of melee attacks, but is an effective last resort. Less risky but also useful is the sliding tackle movement, which allows the player to dodge and attack a nearby opponent at the same time. The characters can also use a jumping attack that depends on the character used, and a long-range skid attack that's good for destroying boxes. Basic Shots
Combo Shots
TECHNICAL POWER Gunstar Heroes was one of several games on the Sega Genesis known to have pushed the system to its absolute limits, mostly for the special effects and sheer speed of its gameplay. Many effects that Gunstar Heroes did, from scaling and rotation to huge bosses, where absolutely awe-inspiring, even bringing the system up to par with its biggest rival, the Super NES . To this day, Gunstar Heroes remains one of Treasure's most important games, one major factor being the way that it pushed the Genesis so hard. Here's a quick list of some of the special effects Gunstar Heroes was famous for:
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