Hydlide
Front cover of the MSX version of Hydlide.
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| Developer(s) | T&E Soft |
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| Publisher(s) |
T&E Soft FCI (NES) |
| Designer(s) | Tokihiro Naito |
| Programmer(s) | Eiji Kato |
| Platform(s) | PC-6001, PC-8801, MSX, MSX2 FM-7, PC-9801, Sharp X1, PC-66, FM7, Sharp MZ-2000, Famicom/NES |
| Release date(s) |
PC-6001 & PC-8801
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| Genre(s) | Action role-playing game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Hydlide (ハイドライド Haidoraido?) is a 1984 action role-playing video game developed and published by T&E Soft. It was originally released for the NEC PC-6001 and PC-8801 computers in 1984, in Japan only; ports for the MSX, MSX2 (a separate port released on 3.5" floppy), FM-7 and NEC PC-9801 were released the following year. A Nintendo Famicom version was first released under the name Hydlide Special on March 18, 1986 in Japan; three years later, in June 1989, that version saw a North American release for the Nintendo Entertainment System by FCI, its title having been returned to simply Hydlide. The game sold 2 million copies in Japan, across all platforms.
In April 28, 1995, a remake was released for the Sega Saturn under the title Virtual Hydlide, both in Japan and western countries.
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