Psycho-Nics Oscar (Run And Gun) (Arcade)

1987 · Arcade · The Data Archivist V0.01

PLAY ONLINE : https://archive.org/details/arcade_oscar Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psycho-Nics_Oscar Psycho-Nics Oscar [a] is a 1987 side-scrolling run and gun arcade video game developed and published by Data East in Japan and North America. Set in the futuristic Ordio City, players assume the role of the titular mecha to fight against enemy invaders. Headed by Akira Sakuma, the title was developed by most of the same team that would later work on several projects at Data East. It received positive reception since its release from critics and has been cited as an influence for Turrican . [2] The rights to the title are currently owned by G-Mode . Gameplay Gameplay screenshot. Psycho-Nics Oscar is a side-scrolling run and gun game where players assume the role of Oscar to fight against invaders in Ordio City. [3] [4] The controls consists of an eight-way joystick and three action buttons for shooting, jumping and selecting a power-up item. [3] The weapon system is similar to Gradius , where the currently selected power-up items appears highlighted at the bottom of the screen. When a power-up item is highlighted by picking up a "N" capsule, players obtain it by pressing the power-up button but the system returns to its initial state. [3] [4] Players also have access to satellite options called "P.C.U.", which provides extra firepower for Oscar. [3] [4] Making a full rotation of the weapon system changes the "Gun" power-up to "Armor", giving Oscar an armor to sustain enemy hits while making a full rotation twice provides Oscar a "Quick" rapid fire power-up. [3] [4] A checkpoint system is used to respawn a downed player at the start of a reached checkpoint before dying. [4] Sustaining a number of enemy hits results in losing a live, as well as a penalty of lowering Oscar's power to his original state and the game is over once all lives are lost, unless players insert credits into the arcade machine to continue playing. [3] [4] Psycho-Nics Oscar Developer(s) Data East Publisher(s) Data East Designer(s) Akira Sakuma Programmer(s) Satoshi Imamura Artist(s) Harumi Nomura Jun Matsuda Masayuki Kawaguchi Composer(s) Azusa Hara Hiroaki Yoshida Hitomi Komatsu Platform(s) Arcade Release JP : August 1987 [1] NA : February 1988 [1] Genre(s) Run and gun Mode(s) Single-player