Mr. Goemon
| Mr. Goemon | |
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| Developer(s) | Konami |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Series | Ganbare Goemon |
| Platform(s) | Arcade |
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| Genre(s) | Platform |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
Mr. Goemon (Ｍｒ．五右衛門, Misutā Goemon) is a platform game developed by Konami and released in arcades in 1986. The side-scrolling game is based on Ishikawa Goemon, an outlaw in 16th-century Japan.[1][2][3] It is the first game in the Ganbare Goemon series.
Gameplay[edit]
Enemies charge and grab the character, ending his life unless the player jostles the control stick to break free. Later enemies also have projectile weapons that the player must dodge.[4] They are defeated by throwing a found object at them or hitting them with an always-equipped pipe. Jumping on the enemies' heads will push them down a level or off the screen entirely. Levels feature either boss battles or a pile of gold bars at the end, worth various points depending on the level.[5]
Ports[edit]
Microsoft released Mr. Goemon for its Game Room service in June 2010. Hamster Corporation released it for download on the PlayStation 4 in Japan on December 25, 2014 and in North America on September 22, 2015, under the Arcade Archives label.
Reception[edit]
In Japan, Game Machine listed Mr. Goemon on their July 1, 1986 issue as being the seventeenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ "Mr. Goemon video game". ArcadeHistory.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
- ^ Game FAQ's
- ^ Arcade Museum
- ^ Hard Core Gaming
- ^ Online Arcade Games
- ^ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 287. Amusement Press, Inc. 1 July 1986. p. 25.
External links[edit]
- Official Arcade Archives minisite (in Japanese)
- Mr. Goemon at the Killer List of Videogames
- Mr. Goemon at Arcade History
- Mr. Goemon at GameFAQs
- 1986 video games
- Arcade video games
- Ganbare Goemon games
- Konami games
- Nintendo Switch games
- PlayStation 4 games
- Video games set in Japan
- Windows games
- Xbox 360 games
- Multiplayer and single-player video games
- Konami arcade games
- Video games developed in Japan
- Arcade Archives games
- Hamster Corporation games
- Multiplayer hotseat games