Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy
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Top Hunter: Roddy & Cathy is a side scrolling
arcade
platform game
developed by SNK
for the Neo Geo
in 1994. It was also released on the Neo Geo CD
, and the Wii
Virtual Console
. The game has seen re-release as part of SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1
, on May 1, 2008.
and King of Fighters fame.
The game is split into four planets: Forest, Ice, Wind, and Fire. Depending on what stage is picked first, the layout of the stage will change. For example, if the player picks the Ice world before the Forest world, the Forest world's beginning layout will be different. After completing all 4 worlds, the player is taken to the final stage, where they must rematch with the four bosses and battle the game's antagonist, Captain Klapton.
This was also referred as to a precursor to Metal Slug because of the use of the robotic vehicles, which are very similar to the Metal Slugs.
The Neo Geo CD version has a higher quality soundtrack than the AES version (Similar to that of MIDIs). Although the CD version of Top Hunter Had long load times, the game itself had an awesome Barrage of Musical enhancement aside from the AES release's "MIDI format."
Side-scrolling video game
A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a video game in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right. These games make use of scrolling computer display technology...
arcade
Arcade game
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platform game
Platform game
A platform game is a video game characterized by requiring the player to jump to and from suspended platforms or over obstacles . It must be possible to control these jumps and to fall from platforms or miss jumps...
developed by SNK
SNK Playmore
SNK Playmore Corporation is a Japanese video game hardware and software company. SNK is an acronym of , which was SNK's original name. The company's legal and trading name became SNK in 1986....
for the Neo Geo
Neo Geo (console)
The is a cartridge-based arcade and home video game system released on July 1, 1991 by Japanese game company SNK. Being in the Fourth generation of Gaming, it was the first console in the former Neo Geo family, which only lived through the 1990s...
in 1994. It was also released on the Neo Geo CD
Neo Geo CD
is a game console from SNK that was released in 1994, four years after its cartridge-based equivalent, in an effort to reduce manufacturing costs. It is the second console of the Neo Geo family. The system was originally priced at US$300 new. The unit's 1X CD-ROM drive was slow, making loading...
, and the Wii
Wii
The Wii is a home video game console released by Nintendo on November 19, 2006. As a seventh-generation console, the Wii primarily competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Sony's PlayStation 3. Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of the two others...
Virtual Console
Virtual console
A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
. The game has seen re-release as part of SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1
SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1
SNK Arcade Classics Vol. 1 is a video game compilation created and published by SNK Playmore which includes sixteen Neo Geo games.The compilation was released on the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the Wii...
, on May 1, 2008.
Gameplay
The player, as Roddy (Player 2 plays as Cathy), must navigate through the stages, collecting items, killing enemies, and defeating a boss at the end of each area. The characters can also execute special moves, done by moving the joystick in certain directions and pressing the attack button, similar to Street FighterStreet Fighter
, commonly abbreviated as SF, is a series of Fighting Games developed in Japan in which the players pit the video games' competitive fighters from around the world, each with his or her own unique fighting style, against one another...
and King of Fighters fame.
The game is split into four planets: Forest, Ice, Wind, and Fire. Depending on what stage is picked first, the layout of the stage will change. For example, if the player picks the Ice world before the Forest world, the Forest world's beginning layout will be different. After completing all 4 worlds, the player is taken to the final stage, where they must rematch with the four bosses and battle the game's antagonist, Captain Klapton.
Storyline
The galaxy's top bounty hunters Roddy and Cathy are sent to put a stop to a colony of Galactic Pirates called the Klaptons who threaten and plunder the cosmos. Four high members of the colony have taken control of four elemental planets. Big rewards are offered for the captures of Sly, Misty, Mr. Bigman and Dr. Burn. The top hunters battle their forces and destroy the bosses' war machines but they all get away. In the Last Hunt, Roddy and Cathy will have to battle in Captain Klapton's Mothership, defeat the four bosses again and take care of the captain once and for all.Reception
This game was one of the few Neogeo Games to be dubbed "100 Megashock" due to the game's fluid, crisp 3-d esqe graphics.This was also referred as to a precursor to Metal Slug because of the use of the robotic vehicles, which are very similar to the Metal Slugs.
The Neo Geo CD version has a higher quality soundtrack than the AES version (Similar to that of MIDIs). Although the CD version of Top Hunter Had long load times, the game itself had an awesome Barrage of Musical enhancement aside from the AES release's "MIDI format."