70's Robot Anime - Geppy-X - The Super Boosted Armor (Japan) - MAME software

Sony PlayStation CD-ROM published 26 years ago:

70年代風ロボットアニメ ゲッP-X © 1999 Aroma
(70's Robot Anime GEPPY-X - The Super Boosted Armor)

A side scrolling shoot'em up game set in a world that is a homage to mecha anime of the 70s.

The game is divided in 8 episodes:
-Saikyou Geppy-X toujou
-Shinkai Akuma o tatakae
-Unare! Hissatsu Rokuzan Oroshi!
-Saraba Tomoyo Fujisan Bakuhatsu Hyoumae
-Yumikaeru Geppy X! Fuichi no Youni
-Shi o Yobu Shuhakuri Yokou
-Uchuu Akumahou no Kyufu! habatake Geppy-XX!!!
-Final Stage!!!

TECHNICAL
Barcode: 4 995515 992130

Number of CD ROM(S): 4

• Blue disc, model # SLPS-01995
• Red disc, model # SLPS-01996
• Yellow disc, model # SLPS-01997
• Black disc, model # SLPS-01998

TRIVIA
Released on May 27, 1999 in Japan. Original retail price: 5800 yen. It was never exported outside Japan.

Stages in the game are presented as if they were episodes of a fictitious episodic anime series named Geppy-X. Following the anime episode format, stages play the format of opening theme, Part A, eye catch, Part B, ending theme, and ending on a next episode preview.
The stages even include fake commercials and its own theme music. For example, one such commercial in the game promotes a fictitious series which is a parody of Ashita no Joe, and another for merchandise related to the show such as shampoo.

Soundtrack releases:
[JP] CD "70's Robot Anime GEPPY-X [TOCT-24088]", March 25, 1999, 13 tracks.

TIPS AND TRICKS

• At the PRESS START BUTTON screen, enter one of the following codes, then go to EXTRA STAGE OPTION to play the extra stages...
• Enable Wild John Stage: up, down, right, up, down, right, up + triangle
• Enable R-64 Robo Stage: up, up, down, down, right, left, right + triangle
• Enable Atlanger Stage: left, right, right,down, left, left, right + triangle
• Enable Queen Fairy Stage: left, right, left, down, down, right, right + triangle
• Enable Star Geppy Stage: down, left, left, down, down, right, right + triangle
• Infinite Credits: Beat the game in any difficulity setting ONCE.
• The Movie: Beat the game (Including the hidden Extra stage) until your save data at least reach 92%

STAFF
2DCG Design: Hiroya Ishikura
3DCG Design: Akio Kazumi, Shinjirou Kinebuchi
Animation Check: Yoshihisa Nakagawa
Animation Director / Character Design / Key Animator: Yorihisa Uchida
Animation Producer: Shoichi Kumabe
Animation Progressing: Shoichi Munakata
Animator: Tomoe Hashimoto
Backgrounds: Yumi Morikawa, Eri Nakamura
CG Director: Masayoshi Obata
CG Producer: Toru Nishiyama
Color Coordinator: Kazuyuki Imagawa
Color Stylists: Kimiko Nakayama, Junko Sasaki
Designers: Naoki Iwai, Emi Kaneko, Norikazu Kushibuchi, Hiroko Ogasawara, Keiko Taga
Executive Producer: Kohei Miyahara
Filming: Kazuko Ota, Hitoshi Sato, Hiroshi Tanigaki, Takeshi Yamamoto, Shota Yamauchi, Toshiyuki Yasuhara
Final Check: Isamu Ichimura
Key Animators: Masanori Nishii, Satoshi Shigeta, Kanae Sugiyama, Satohiro Yamane
Mechanic Design / Key Animator: Takuya Suzuki
Painting: Yukiko Arai, Naoki Ito, Aiko Matsuyama, Hiromi Noguchi
Programmers: Keisuke NAKANO, Nozomu Saito, Atsushi Shinozuka, Hisakazu Uematsu
Project Director / Writer: Akihide Kohara
Project Producer: Yoshio Okui
Recording Director: Hiroshi Fujioka
Recording Engineers: Tomoya Fujita, Eiji Minami
Scene Planning: Takeshi Waki
Software Director: Keizo Mochizuki
Sound Director: Momo Michishita
Sound Producer / Arrangement: Masashi Ogata
Special Effects: Yasuhiko Komori, Masayuki Nakajima
Sub-Director: Takeshi Yoshimoto

VOICES:
Admiral Yamamoto: Masayuki Nakata
Atlanger / Banda: Naohiro Yamamoto
Byra: Kouichi Kuriyama
Dr. Kureishi / Narrator: Ichiro Nagai
Hisser / Romi: Konami Yoshida
Jerg: Shuichi Ikeda
Jin: Sho Hayami
Kei: Akira Kamiya
Kyo: Yukiko Iwai
Maya Tezuka: Kahori Saiki
Midosuji: Katsuyuki Konishi
Riki: Kazuya Tatekabe
Suzu: Aya Yamakawa
The Lord Of Darkness Devin: Gorou Naya
WildJohn: Noriaki Taniyama

Special Thanks: Tetsuya Kawahara, Kazuyoshi Tanaka, Takahiro Sakamoto, Takeshi Kimura, Koichiro Ando, Yukitaka Murakami, Motohiro Miyawaki, Retsu Morishita, Tomohiro Hayashi, Koichi Iwakiri, Makoto Iwasaki, Noriko Sakata, Tetsuya Hagiwara, Mamoru Chiba, Kazuhiro Takasu, Takeshi Yakama, Mutsuo Fujii, Susumu Sasaki, Akira Sugawara, Yoshiaki Nakagawa, Yoshiharu Oda, Seikichi Uchida, Atsunori Ikeda, Takayuki Tyo, Toshihisa Funabashi, Isao Ogawa, Kinco Murakami, Shuichi Miyawaki, Yuji Kaida, Masatoshi Kai, Katsuhisa Yamaguchi, Norio Koshiro, Toshitada Miyazaki, Yuji Matsunaga, Hiroki Tamura, Takuya Mitsuhashi, Futashi Sashida, Hideki Ietsune, Mitsuteru Fukushima

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