Dezaemon 3D
1998 video game
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Dezaemon 3D (Japanese: デザエモン3D) is a vertical scrolling shooter video game and game editor released by Athena only in Japan for the Nintendo 64 in 1998.[2] It is part of the Dezaemon series that started on the Famicom.[3]
| Dezaemon 3D | |
|---|---|
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| Developer | Athena |
| Publisher | Athena |
| Platform | Nintendo 64 |
| Release | |
| Genres | Game creator, Non-game, scrolling shooter |
| Mode | Single-player |
The game editor allows players to design their own shooting levels similar to those shown in Star Soldier: Vanishing Earth. The game has many options, such as creating the stage boss or adding a custom soundtrack for each level. It was originally developed alongside an ultimately unreleased accompanying expansion disk title for the 64DD.[4]
It includes two sample games: "SOLID GEAR", and "USAGI-san" (Mr. Rabbit).
An English fan translation patch was released in 2024.[3]
Reception
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| N64 Magazine | 82%[5] |
N64 Magazine noted the difficulty of use in English "without any English instructions", but that "as Solid Gear ably demonstrates, Dezaemon is perfectly capable of producing a commercial-standard shooter", and that "given an English translation...we'd buy it just for the music editor."[5] While IGN64 did not give it a full review, their coverage called it a "high quality creativity app" [6] and placed it second on their list of "Top Nintendo 64 Imports" after Sin & Punishment, lamenting that Nintendo did not give it a US release.[7]