Rompers (Japan, new version (Rev B)) - Gioco MAME

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Rompers © 1989 Namco.

The player must take up control of Chap a gardener wearing a straw hat, who must collect all the keys in sixty-one maze-inspired gardens in order to rescue his girlfriend, Rumina. He can push the walls in the gardens over to crush the various enemies that pursue him, but they are immediately be resurrected in the form of eggs which hatch after a few seconds. Each round also has a preset time limit to ensure that the player does not dawdle - and once it runs out, a green-haired female vampire known as Tsukaima who cannot be crushed by the walls appears. The game's enemies include white blobs known as Pyokorin, flame-breathing pink Triceratops-esque creatures known as Kerara, armadillos known as Gororin which can roll over Chap, purple seals known as Todorin which can breathe ice, sponges known as Bekabeka, which can push walls onto Chap, turquoise blobs known as Fumajime Pyokorin, which occasionally pause to take a long drag on their cigarettes, helmet-wearing creatures known as Nachibo, which take two crushes to kill, wolves known as Taggus which can throw bombs at Chap, spiders known as Oogumo, which can spin webs for Chap to run into - and this game's main antagonist, an evil scientist named Gurerin who only appears in the final round, where players not only have to collect all the keys, but also push the walls onto his four clones (two of whom can breathe fire, the other two can breathe ice).

A cutscene called "The Rompers Show" also appears after every tenth round, and once Chap has rescued Rumina at the end of the game, they both go back to free Tsukaima (who, ironically, is trapped under a wall, given that she cannot be crushed by them in the game), and wrap her feet up with bandages; Chap then starts to carry Tsukaima off on his back, which angers Rumina as he went through a lot to save her.

DATI TECNICI
Namco System 1 hardware
ID gioco: RP

CPU principale: Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Sub CPU: Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
CPU sonora: Motorola M6809 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
MCU: HD63701 (@ 1.536 Mhz)
Chip sonori: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), Namco advanced 8-channel stereo WSG, stereo DAC

Orientamento schermo: Verticale
Risoluzione video: 224 x 288 pixel
Aggiornamento schermo: 60,61 Hz
Colori palette: 24-bit RGB palette

Giocatori: 2
Controllo: Joystick a 4 direzioni
Pulsanti: 1

CURIOSITÀ
Rompers è stato rilasciato in Giappone nel Febbraio 1989.

Victor Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Namco Video Game Graffiti Vol.6 - VDR-5301) on October 4, 1989.

STAFF
Team chief: Chacha
Superviser: JJ Page
Producer: S. Norimatsu
Programmer: Yukiniko Yagi
Assistant programmer: MinMin Nakayama
Grafici: Takky, Y. Shinozaki, Naoko Hanazawa, M. Kimura, J. Anzai
Title designers: A. Usukura, S. Takigami
Creatore personaggi: C. Taga
Original sound creators: Yoshie Takayanagi, Yuri, Thunder

CONVERSIONI

• CONSOLE:

[JP] Sony PlayStation (oct.30, 1997) "Namco Museum Encore [Modello SLPS-01050]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (oct.30, 1997) "Namco Museum Encore [Shokai Gentei Special Box] [Modello SLPS-00765]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (oct.28, 1999) "Namco Museum Encore [PlayStation the Best] [Modello SLPS-91163]"
[JP] Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console Arcade] (1º dic. 2009)

• ALTRE:

[US] Arcade (2018) "Pac-Man's Pixel Bash"

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