Target Earth (video game)
| Target Earth/Assault Suit Leynos | |
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North American cover art by Roger Loveless
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| Developer(s) | Masaya, Dracue (remake) |
| Publisher(s) | Masaya (JP), DreamWorks (US), Rising Star Games (US,EU) |
| Platform(s) | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, Virtual Console, PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows |
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Mega Drive/Genesis
Wii Virtual Console
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| Genre(s) | horizontal shooter, platform game, action game |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Target Earth, released in Japan as Assault Suit Leynos (重装機兵レイノス Jūsō Kihei Reinosu?) is a video game developed by Masaya in 1990 for the Sega Genesis and the Sega Mega Drive. It has since been re-released on the Wii as a Virtual Console product in Japan. It is the first game in the Assault Suits series.
It is the year 2201 and expanding technologies have given man the power to live anywhere in space. Amidst this backdrop, the story of Target Earth begins with a war between Earth (and its colonies) against a cyborg army returning from the farthest reaches of space. In the game's early stages, the nature or purpose of these cybernetic adversaries, named Chron, is unknown. However, it is later revealed that Chron are the survivors of a failed space expedition (Outer Space Expeditionary Party) sent by Earth a hundred years earlier.
The Earth Defense League fights to defend Earth. The heart of the defensive movement is the Assault Suit—a twelve-foot tall armored battle machine with awesome fighting capabilities. You are Rex, an Assault Suit Wing commander and master at Assault Suit combat. The battle begins on Ganymede but shifts to battles in space, on the Earth, and inside enemy outposts.
Target Earth is memorable for its well-developed storyline (particularly for an action shooter), catchy music, impressive parallax effects for its time, reward mechanics, and legendary difficulty.
A remake by Dracue Co., Ltd. was released for the PlayStation 4 in Japan in December 2015, and in North America / EU in July 2016. A Microsoft Windows port of the remake was released in August 2016.
Rex: The hero and game's protagonist. A master of Assault Suit combat and commander of the Assault Suit Wing on Ganymede base.
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