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IGDB / 37716

Down Load

1990 Shooter
Horizontal shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. The player, as cyber-diver Syd, must fly his hoverbike through the future city of Kabukicho to rescue his partner Deva from the corrupt police. Download is a horizontal shoot 'em up set in a dystopian cyberpunk future in which the main character, Syd, is haunted by memories of his friend Ohala falling to a cybernetic menace. Meanwhile, he receives a call from his contact/pa Show full summary

Horizontal shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. The player, as cyber-diver Syd, must fly his hoverbike through the future city of Kabukicho to rescue his partner Deva from the corrupt police. Download is a horizontal shoot 'em up set in a dystopian cyberpunk future in which the main character, Syd, is haunted by memories of his friend Ohala falling to a cybernetic menace. Meanwhile, he receives a call from his contact/partner Deva and must rush to her rescue when she is abducted by the Kabukicho police force. The game's story is depicted in a series of animated vignettes before each stage, similar to Ninja Gaiden. Beginning with the mean streets of Kabukicho, Syd will eventually jack into the internet and fights in a similar manner through cyberspace.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused

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Story & context

The year is 2099. “The Company” hires people to connect their brains to computers to investigate accidents in their corporation’s highly-developed computer network. Sid’s lover was one of them. Lured by a mysterious man, Sid came to a bar in New Kabukicho to learn the truth of his lover's death. But soon, the inside of the bar becomes a sea of blood, and Sid is attacked by a sniper. It appeared that the passing of his lover was part of a larger conspiracy. As his battle rages on, he'll expose surprising facts - including the identity of this conspiracy's mastermind .

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Down Load: release, platforms, and facts

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
AlfaSystem Co., Ltd.
Publisher
NEC
Franchise
Standalone
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So spielt es sich

Spielprofil

Modi
Single player
Perspective
Side view
Themes
Science fiction
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine Jun 22, 1990

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