Download (video game)
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| Down Load | |
|---|---|
| Developer | Alfa System |
| Publisher | NEC Avenue |
| Producers | Makoto Sakio Toshio Tabeta |
| Artist | Masaomi Kanzaki |
| Writers | Ken Ohmori Wataru Nakajima |
| Composer | Yasuhiko Fukuda |
| Platform | PC Engine |
| Release |
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| Genre | Scrolling shooter |
| Mode | Single-player |
Down Load[a] is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shooter published by NEC Avenue for the PC Engine.[1] It was followed by Download 2 and also inspired an anime OVA.
Development and release
Reception
Reception
| Publication | Score |
|---|---|
| Aktueller Software Markt | 9/12[4] |
| Computer and Video Games | 83%,[5] 85%[6] |
| Famitsu | 5/10, 7/10, 7/10, 6/10[7] |
| Gekkan PC Engine | 70/100, 85/100, 75/100, 75/100, 85/100[8] |
| Joystick | 82%[9] |
| Marukatsu PC Engine | 8/10, 7/10, 7/10, 7/10[10] |
| Player One | 84%[11] |
| Tilt | 16/20[12] |
| Amstar | 16/20[13] |
| Power Play | 67%[14] |
Down Load was met with generally favorable reviews.[4][8][9][11][13] The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game sixteenth in popularity in its November 1990 issue, and it received a score of 21.88 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 175 spot.[15][16]
