Bravoman
| Bravoman | |
|---|---|
Arcade flyer
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| Developer(s) | Now Production |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Designer(s) | Takao Yoshiba (Arcade) |
| Composer(s) | Norio Nakagata (Arcade) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16, Wii (Virtual Console) |
| Release |
Arcade
PC Engine/TurboGrafx-16
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| Genre(s) | Beat 'em up/horizontal scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, alternating turns |
| Cabinet | Upright, cabaret, and cocktail |
| Arcade system | Namco System 1 |
| CPU | 2x Motorola M6809 @ 2.048 MHz, 1x Motorola M6809 @ 1.536 MHz, 1x Hitachi HD63701 @ 1.536 MHz |
| Sound | 1x Yamaha YM2151 @ 3.57958 MHz, 1x Namco CUS30 @ 96 kHz, 1x DAC |
| Display | Horizontal orientation, Raster, 288 x 224 resolution, 24-bit RGB color |
Bravoman (超絶倫人ベラボーマン Chō Zetsurin Jin: Berabōman?, "Super Unequaled Human: Bravoman"), which has also been known as Bioboxer and Brabo-Man, is a 1988 beat 'em up/horizontal scrolling shooter hybrid arcade game, developed by Now Production and released by Namco for the arcades, only in Japan. It was later ported to the PC Engine in Japan and the TurboGrafx-16 in North America in 1990. This version was also released outside Japan simply as Bravoman. In 2007, this same version was released on the Wii Virtual Console. The game is described by Namco themselves as a "comical action game", which takes a light and humorous approach to an otherwise trite theme, by using a lot of humorous elements, both graphics, plot and sound-wise, usually ridiculing or parodying stereotypical elements of Japanese tokusatsu and videogames, in a manner similar to that of the Parodius video game series by Konami (which is an anime-style parody of their own Gradius series).
It had a webcomic and a twelve-episode webtoon, starring Rob Paulsen (Raphael from the 1987 TV series of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) as Bravoman and Alpha Man, Dee Bradley Baker (Klaus from American Dad!) as Dr. Bomb and Anti-Bravoman, Romi Dames as Waya Hime and Jennifer Hale as Bravo-Woman (who did not exist in the original game, and was created specifically for the webcomic).
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