Cyber Citizen Shockman
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- Masaya Games
- NCS Corporation
- Ratalaika Games (NS, PS4/5, XBO, XSX)
- JP: March 18, 1989
- WW: May 18, 2023
| Cyber Citizen Shockman | |
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| Developer | Winds[1] |
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| Release | PC Engine
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| Genre | Platform |
| Modes | Single-player, multiplayer |
Cyber Citizen Shockman (改造町人シュビビンマン, Kaizō Chōjin Shubibinman) (also known as Overhauled Man)[2][3] is a 1989 video game published by Masaya and NCS. It was released exclusively for the PC Engine in Japan. It was released for the first time outside Japan in 2023 by Ratalaika Games. A sequel, Cyber Citizen Shockman 2: A New Menace, was released in 1991.
Tasuke and Kyapiko are two school children who are turned into androids called Shockmen by a mad scientist known only as Doc.[4][5] They are tasked to stop the evil forces of Dark Skull, Doc's first creation. Their objective is to reclaim control of the city and rescue hostages from the Skull Force.[4]
Gameplay
Cyber Citizen Shockman is a side-scrolling platform game. The game features cooperative gameplay for two players. The player can attack enemies using a sword and gather gold from them. At the end of the level, there is a boss enemy, and once defeated, a freed hostage will provide a reward in the form of gold or a healing item. The collected gold can be used to buy upgrades from Doc, which include enhancing weapons, increasing maximum health, or obtaining a powerful beam weapon.[4]
Release
The game was released originally in Japan on March 18, 1989 for the PC Engine.[6] It was developed by Winds, an outsourcing company,[7] and published by Masaya and NCS.[6] It was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on March 27, 2007.[8][9] It was re-released for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Portable on January 19, 2011.[10][11] It was released for Windows on the Project EGG distribution service on November 18, 2014.[12][13] The game was re-released on the Wii U Virtual Console in Japan on December 16, 2015.[14][15] Ratalaika Games re-released the game on May 18, 2023 for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.[16][17]