Title:

Dangerous Seed デンジャラスシード

Series:
Dangerous Seed
Series Order:
1
Genre:
Arcade
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IGN Score:
9.6
Release Date:
1990-12-18
Date Added:
2018-07-03 14:22:44
Game Summary:
Dangerous Seed is a 1989 vertically scrolling shooter arcade game developed and published by Namco. Controlling one of three different starships, the player is tasked with destroying an alien race known as the Danger Seed before they wipe out all of mankind. Each ship has their own set of weapons and abilities, such as shots that dissolve enemies and target-seeking projectiles, and can sustain multiple hits before being destroyed. The player’s ships can also combine into a new ship, the Moon Diver, featuring a stronger shield and additional weapons. It ran on the Namco System 1 hardware.

The game was designed by Yuichiro Shinozaki, a character artist for Namco’s own Babylonian Castle Saga franchise, with music composed by Yoshinori Nagumo. Early versions of the game were known as Kristallkern, which remains in-game during the end credits. A conversion for the Sega Mega Drive was released a year later in 1990, which included new features such as additional stages and an arranged soundtrack. Dangerous Seed was met with mixed reviews from critics — although the game was praised for its graphics, fast-paced gameplay and soundtrack, it was criticized for lacking originality and for being unable to stand out among other similar games. Some reviewers stated it was one of the better shoot’em ups released for the Mega Drive.

Description:

”DANGEROUS SEED” is a shooter released by NAMCO in 1989.

You pilot the ”Moon Diver” fighter, which is made up of a-Ship, B-Ship, and y-Ship, to fight off the mysterious aliens [codename: Danger Seed].

If you can keep all of your ships running through the battle, they can also combine and transform into an ultimate configuration.

Gameplay:

Dangerous Seed is a vertically scrolling shooter video game. The player controls a fleet of ships — Alpha, Beta and Gamma — as they must wipe out the alien race known as Danger Seed before they destroy all of mankind. Each ship features different attack types; Alpha has a standard shot, Beta has a V-shaped laser weapon, and Gamma has the ability to shoot forwards and backwards. All three also have a health meter that will deplete when they are inflicted with enemy fire, and having one of the ships destroyed will cause the player to take control of the next ship. If all three ships are destroyed, the game will be over. The three ships can also find power capsules by destroying large ”Turtle” enemies that upgrade their abilities, such as homing missiles, ”ring lasers” that track enemies, and a melt-missile that dissolves enemies when they are hit.

The game spans twelve stages, known as ”tubes” in-game, each taking place in planets found in the Solar System. The fifth tube combines the player’s ships into a single craft named the Moon Diver, which features all of the weapons and abilities of the three ships and a large health bar. Each tube features a boss fight at the end, which must be destroyed in a certain amount of time before it flees and deducts points from the player’s score. Bosses have weak points which must be destroyed before completely defeating it.
Platform:
Sega Mega Drive
Publisher:
Namcot
Barcode:
4907892033047
Developers:
Tose Co., Ltd.
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Players:
1
Country of Purchase:
Japan
Graphics:
16-bit
Input Devices:
Controller Game Pad
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Media Type:
Cartridge
Game Modes:
Single Player
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Packaging:
Thick Snap Case
Automatic Estimated Value:
~96,49 €
Automatic Estimated Date:
2026-02-21
Date Added:
2018-07-03 14:22:44

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