HANII IN THE SKY
( Honey In The Sky )
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(c) FACE 1988
Release : 1989-3-1 (¥4900)
HuCard (2 Mbits) FA64-0001
Shooter / Vertical
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Hanii in the sky is an unusual vertical shooter featuring
a curious clay character called Hanii, and it was
probably the first PC Engine game released
by the Japanese company Face. The player takes
control of a cute flying character who's sent by his master on a mission
to save the world. One of the best feature of our hero is the
ability to fire in any directions. The first button can rotate his arms and
the second fires balls of energy. Money, or energy points, are
earned every time an enemy is defeated. Those points can be used to
purchase new weapons and items by pausing the game and pressing the
first action button. There, the master will appear and give a list
of items to buy. Another list shows the current equipped weapon and
Hanii can freely switch from one to another. Other special
items, like life-bars, armors, shields or rotating flames, to only name a few, can also be selected.
The game also proposes non-linear special stages where Hanii
will have to find its way to the boss. Fail to do so, and he will be condemned to start the
stage again, or the whole game in some rare cases.
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HaniOnTheRoad (Pce-Hu)
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Hanii in the sky is a weird but interesting game. Character and level designs
are certainly original and rarely seen in a video game. My first
complaint will be about the awkward controls. The 'gun rotation'
system is a nightmare. It can only turn clockwise and is incredible
slow. However, even if it was fast and well designed, it will
still be tricky to shoot and rotate it at the same time. Hanii
is the sort of game that makes you wish PC Engine controllers
had shoulder buttons. My second complaint goes for the difficulty level.
First stages are correct but things get quickly tricky and final
stages are just impossible and unfair. All in all, the game is
full of surprises if you happen to arm yourself of patience.
A lot of patience...
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