The Legend of Bishin
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is a Super Famicom
vehicular combat video game that was released on December 25, 1993. The game takes place in and around Neo Tokyo after a nuclear war
devastates the world sometime in the year 201X. This provides a stereotypical post-apocalyptic wasteland that is scarce in natural resource
s and full of gangster
s and bandit
s. Katsuya Terada
helped to provide the illustrations for the box art.
through a labyrinth
-like series of roadway
s using either the male character Koji or the female character Risa.
He or she decide what strategies to use on the thugs that roam the no man's land. If the player doesn't make it to a destination on time, an automatic game over
will result. Game over sequences also occur if the player is mortally wounded
or through the destruction of the automobile. Most of the game is in English even though it was only released in Japan. Therefore, it is easily understandable by North America
n and Europe
an gamers that never got to see the game officially released. There is a Final Fight
-type fighting mode that appears if the player is delivered enough damage be expelled from his or her automobile. In this mode, the driver can suffer personal damage instead of automobile damage because he or she is out of the vehicle.
Super Nintendo Entertainment System
The Super Nintendo Entertainment System is a 16-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America, Europe, Australasia , and South America between 1990 and 1993. In Japan and Southeast Asia, the system is called the , or SFC for short...
vehicular combat video game that was released on December 25, 1993. The game takes place in and around Neo Tokyo after a nuclear war
Nuclear warfare
Nuclear warfare, or atomic warfare, is a military conflict or political strategy in which nuclear weaponry is detonated on an opponent. Compared to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare can be vastly more destructive in range and extent of damage...
devastates the world sometime in the year 201X. This provides a stereotypical post-apocalyptic wasteland that is scarce in natural resource
Natural resource
Natural resources occur naturally within environments that exist relatively undisturbed by mankind, in a natural form. A natural resource is often characterized by amounts of biodiversity and geodiversity existent in various ecosystems....
s and full of gangster
Gangster
A gangster is a criminal who is a member of a gang. Some gangs are considered to be part of organized crime. Gangsters are also called mobsters, a term derived from mob and the suffix -ster....
s and bandit
Outlaw
In historical legal systems, an outlaw is declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, this takes the burden of active prosecution of a criminal from the authorities. Instead, the criminal is withdrawn all legal protection, so that anyone is legally empowered to persecute...
s. Katsuya Terada
Katsuya Terada
, is a Japanese illustrator and cartoonist from the town of Tamano, Okayama. His alias is .-Biography:Katsuya Terada is probably best known in the United States as the character-designer for the animated film Blood: The Last Vampire...
helped to provide the illustrations for the box art.
Gameplay
In a wasteland type environment, a player must drive an automobileAutomobile
An automobile, autocar, motor car or car is a wheeled motor vehicle used for transporting passengers, which also carries its own engine or motor...
through a labyrinth
Labyrinth
In Greek mythology, the Labyrinth was an elaborate structure designed and built by the legendary artificer Daedalus for King Minos of Crete at Knossos...
-like series of roadway
Road
A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle. Roads consist of one, or sometimes two, roadways each with one or more lanes and also any...
s using either the male character Koji or the female character Risa.
He or she decide what strategies to use on the thugs that roam the no man's land. If the player doesn't make it to a destination on time, an automatic game over
Game over
Game Over is a message in video games which signals that the game has ended, often due to a negative outcome - although the phrase sometimes follows the end credits after successful completion of a game...
will result. Game over sequences also occur if the player is mortally wounded
Death
Death is the permanent termination of the biological functions that sustain a living organism. Phenomena which commonly bring about death include old age, predation, malnutrition, disease, and accidents or trauma resulting in terminal injury....
or through the destruction of the automobile. Most of the game is in English even though it was only released in Japan. Therefore, it is easily understandable by North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
n and Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an gamers that never got to see the game officially released. There is a Final Fight
Final Fight
is a side-scrolling beat-'em-up game originally released by Capcom as a coin-operated video game in . It was the seventh game released by Capcom for their CP System arcade game hardware...
-type fighting mode that appears if the player is delivered enough damage be expelled from his or her automobile. In this mode, the driver can suffer personal damage instead of automobile damage because he or she is out of the vehicle.
Music soundtrack
| Track listing | ||
|---|---|---|
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| # | Title | Length |
| 1. | Opening | 01:20 |
| 2. | Title Screen | 01:46 |
| 3. | Seaside Highway | 02:48 |
| 4. | First Encounter | 02:54 |
| 5. | Dangerous Territory | 01:27 |
| 6. | Boss Encounter | 00:32 |
| 7. | Brawlin' Time! | 00:43 |
| 8. | Brawl in Forest Area | 02:11 |
| 9. | Developing Area | 02:37 |
| 10. | Brawl in Developing Area 03:24 | |
| 11. | Brawl in Neo Tokyo | 02:10 |
| 12. | Final Boss Intro | 00:45 |
| 13. | Final Boss | 02:25 |
| 14. | Ending | 04:51 |
| 15. | Dead End | 00:41 |