Eight Man (Beat Em Up) (Arcade)

1991 · Arcade · The Data Archivist V0.01

PLAY ONLINE : https://archive.org/details/arcade_eightman Source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Man_(video_game) Eight Man [a] is a side-scrolling beat 'em up arcade video game developed by Pallas and published internationally by SNK for both the Neo Geo MVS (arcade) and Neo Geo AES (home) platforms in 1991. [1] It is based on Kazumasa Hirai 's 1963 manga and anime superhero of the same name , who is considered one of the earliest cyborg superhero characters from Japan . [2] [3] Staying true to its concept of a crime-fighting super-robot, players take the role of 8 Man and his robo-comrade 9 Man respectively in a fight against an invading evil robot army. Gameplay Gameplay screenshot Eight Man is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game where players control the cyborg superhero 8 Man (P1) and his former rival comrade 9 Man (P2), across ten stages that take place in a futuristic setting where a bio-computer system called Cyber is threatening mankind with his army of robots. [4] During gameplay, players can only move between left and right in the levels, while enemies are fought with either the A or C button (which activates the character's special attack), in addition of the B button that serves for jumping and pressing it when holding the joystick down, the characters perform a slide movement. The levels are broken into different phases and some of them involves the players chasing a vehicle, while enemies are coming out to attack. Power-ups are also scattered along the way to be collected that will enhance the player's attacks, as well as granting screen-clearing bombs that damages all enemies in sight. After reaching the end of a level, a boss must be fought in order to progress onto the next stage. If a memory card is present, the player is allowed to save their progress and resume into the last stage the game saved at. [4] Eight Man Developer(s) Pallas Publisher(s) SNK Director(s) Seigo Ito Producer(s) Eikichi Kawasaki Programmer(s) Nishidon Shinchan Writer(s) Kazumasa Hirai Composer(s) Yoshihiko Kitamura Yoko Osaka Makiko Series 8 Man Platform(s) Arcade , Neo Geo AES Release Arcade WW : 7 June 1991 Neo Geo AES JP : 20 November 1991 NA : 20 November 1991 EU : 20 November 1991 Genre(s) Beat 'em up Mode(s) Single-player co-op Arcade system Neo Geo MVS