Bōken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart

Bōken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart[a] is a 1992 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by I'MAX for the NEC PC Engine.[1]

Bōken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart
Developer(s)Manjyudo
Publisher(s)I'MAX
Producer(s)Kazuya Tobita
Programmer(s)Teruaki Kawaguchi
Artist(s)Takao Yoshiba
Composer(s)Takane Ōkubo
Platform(s)PC Engine
Release
  • JP: January 4, 1992
Genre(s)Horizontal-scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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Gameplay screenshot

The game features dark and surreal themes and has been compared to the Cho Aniki series.[2][3]

Development and release

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It was designed by Takane Ōkubo, who also worked on Zombie Nation, a similar game.[4]

Reception

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Bōken Danshaku Don: The Lost Sunheart received average reviews.[5][6][7][8][9]

Notes

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  1. ^ Japanese: 冒険男爵★ドンサン・ハート編, Hepburn: Bōken Danshaku Don: San Hāto-hen

References

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  1. ^ Matsuyama, Benī (January 1992). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base". Micom BASIC Magazine [ja]. No. 115. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation [ja]. pp. 250–251.
  2. ^ "The TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine Shmup Library: Pt 1 (Exclusives)". RetroGaming with Racketboy. 10 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-02-10. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  3. ^ "【PCエンジン】 『冒険男爵ドン サン=ハート編』 - レトロゲーム遊々記 PCエンジン レトロゲーム". retorofire.online (in Japanese). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  4. ^ "Abarenbou Tengu – 2013 Developer Interview". shmuplations.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Flash: The Lost Sunheart". Consoles + [fr] (in French). No. 7. Editions Mondiales S.A. [fr]. March 1992. p. 32—33.
  6. ^ a b "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: 冒険男爵ドン". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 160–161. ASCII Corporation. January 10–17, 1992. p. 38.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  7. ^ a b "新レビュー大作戦!! 冒険男爵ドン". Gekkan PC Engine [ja] (in Japanese). Vol. 4, no. 2. Shogakukan. February 1992. p. 160.
  8. ^ a b Morisse, Jean-François; Demoly, Jean-Marc (March 1992). "PC Engine: Explorer Mr Don". Joypad [fr] (in French). No. 6. Challenge SARL. pp. 106–107.
  9. ^ a b Morisse, Jean-François (March 1992). "Consoles News: Mr Don (PC Engine)". Joystick (in French). No. 25. Sipress. p. 128.
  10. ^ "新作ソフトお毒味チャート: 冒険男爵ドンサンハート編". Marukatsu PC Engine [ja] (in Japanese). Vol. 4, no. 2. Kadokawa Shoten. February 1992. p. 145.
  11. ^ Eisler, Jan (April 10, 1993). "Videohry: Super Engine II — The Lost Sunheart". Excalibur (in Czech). No. 16. Popular Computer Publishing. p. 32.
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