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NARAZUMO NO SENTŌ BUTAI - BLOODY WOLF
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ならずもの戦闘部隊ブラッディーウルフ
©1990 Data East Corporation
Release : 1989-09-01 (¥6500)
HuCard (4 Mbits) DE89003
Action / Platform game
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Released in US as
BLOODY WOLF
( TGX040037 )
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Bloody Wolf is a war action game by Data East and conversion of the arcade game
of the same name originally released in 1988. The Bloody wolf Special Forces has no choice
but to dispatch two of their best commando men, Snake and Eagle - and they both face
their most important mission yet. The president has been taken hostage by a group of terrorists and
it is the commando's duty to track him down and bring him back to safety. Armed with a knife, a
machine gun and a handful of grenades, they infiltrate the enemy territory, gather information and
rescue a number of other hostages along the way. Although the knife is the ideal weapon for
close-quarter work in the game (it is the only weapon effective against armored soldiers and
the only one available against some bosses), an arsenal of other weapons is available to collect
throughout the game, including Spread Shotguns, Rocket Launchers, more powerful
Hand Grenades and a mighty Flame Thrower. All of the items and weapons are hidden
inside crates scattered around the game (usually inside certain buildings or parked trucks), and
the game also features rare special items such as food/medecine (restores life), enhancer
(gives the player an extra life bar), the Key (opens locked crates), Fins (swim faster
and dive under water), Infrared Scope (see the laser beams in the last stage), Rosary
(reduce damage once) and the Body Armor (reduces damage). Finally, the player can also ride a
motorbike on some occasions to jump over obstacles or inflict greater damage to the enemy.
Bloody Wolf consists of eight levels and is single-player only.
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The arcade game Bloody Wolf (aka Battle Rangers in Europe) was
originally released in 1988 by Data East (picture on the right). Although the PC Engine
version tested here is fairly faithful to the original game, it is not a straight
port, but an enhanced/remixed version, read on. The two-player simultaneous play
was completely removed and although both Snake and Eagle are playable,
the game is single player only. However, there is a fun twist half way through the game
(which I won't spoil here) that allows the player to switch characters (twist not
seen in the arcade game and exclusive to the PC Engine port). Levels are also
larger and there is a fifth non-linear level not present in the arcade version. There
are many more subtle differences - prisoners give away weapons and items in the
arcade game (only a few do give away items in the PC Engine version),
some of the bosses use different attack patterns, various enemies were removed
and new ones took their place, and the game has a different ending
(as well as a new final boss).
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Teaser text from the American version:
You're a death-dealing commando on the mission of your life...
rescue the President from an army of terrorist guerillas. Only you
have the guts and firepower to blast through their jungle strong-holds...
to take out their choppers, snipers and missile launching
subs. Make them eat the heat of your flash bombs and explode in
the fury of your magnum grenades. The President holds his breath
as you begin your final desperate assault. So does the entire world.
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Game Staff (Copied from the end credits) :
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STAFF
Game Designer
Yoshiaki Honda
Game Programmer
Minoru
Takaaki Inoue
Souichi Akiyama
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Graphic Designer
Shinji Noda
Nasanori Tokoro
Eiko Kurihara
Masahiko Uzita
Yutaka Kadode
Shinichi Kanamori
Takahide Koizumi
Dot Man
Sound Team
Shogo Sakai
Takafumi Miura
Yuji Suzuki
Yusuke Takahama
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Special Thanks
Koji Akibayashi
Shunichi II
Kazushige Nojima
Yoshiyuki Urushibara
Magurin Warrior
Jun Matuda
Atushi Kaneko
Masanori Ooe
Yoshinori Kobayashi
Kazuo Kubota
Bloody Wolf
©1989 Data East Corporation
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Level Select:
At the title screen, press II, I, I,
II, I, II, II and I.
Then press one direction (listed below) to select a level and then
Run to start:
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Up - level 1
Up/Right - level 2
Right - level 3
Down/Right - level 4
Down - level 5
Down/Left - level 6
Left - level 7
Up/Left - level 8
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Bloody Wolf 2 (Fast mode):
At the title screen, press Up, Down, Right,
Right, I, I, II and Select to
activate Bloody Wolf 2 (Fast mode). Now you can play the game
in a substantially speed-up format!
Bloody Wolf 3 (Fly mode):
At the title screen, press Down, Up, Left,
Left, II, II, I and Select to
activate Bloody Wolf 3 (Fly mode). Now Eagle and Snake
will be able to fly (if you press the jump button) like if equipped with
jet-packs!
Sound Test Mode:
At the title screen, press and hold Up and II, then press
select to activate the sound test menu.
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Add your Pov here !
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Bloody Wolf is a really good game. To tell you the truth,
I wasn't really impressed at first - the graphics are a bit coarse and
the game felt like, well, just another average run'n gun... but then
things got better, a lot better. I won't spoil what happens half way
through the game, but it is simply awesome! I personally feel that this
port is actually better than the original arcade game - controls are more
responsive and it is overall a lot more fun to play. It only lacks a
two-player simultaneous mode, but the game already suffers from terrible
slowdowns in places, so a two-player mode would have brought it down on
its knees. All in all, Bloody Wolf oozes 80's action movies
cheesiness where beefy soldiers could single-handedly take on whole
armies - a really fun ride!
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