Astro Fang: Super Machine
{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title= Astro Fang: Super Machine
|image = Astro Fang Super Machine JP box art.jpg
|caption = Japanese box art
|developer = Soft Machine{{cite web | url = http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Soft_Machine| title = Developer information | publisher = SMS Power | accessdate = 2012-10-11}}
|publisher= A-Wave
|composer = Akira Nakakuma{{cite web | url = http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Soft_Machine_(hidden_data)| title = Designer information | publisher = SMS Power | accessdate = 2012-10-11}}
|released= {{vgrelease|JP|October 26, 1990{{cite web| url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/nes/579712-astro-fang-super-machine/data| title = Release information | publisher = GameFAQs | accessdate = 2011-05-26}}}}
|genre = Driving involving vehicular combat
|modes = Single-player
|platforms = Family Computer
}}
{{nihongo|Astro Fang: Super Machine|アストロ・ファング|Asutoro Fangu}}{{cite web|url=http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/astro-fang-super-machine/ |title=English-Japanese title translation |publisher=SuperFamicom.org |accessdate=2011-05-26 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515225443/http://superfamicom.org/famicom/info/astro-fang-super-machine |archivedate=2012-05-15 }} is a Family Computer video game that was released for an exclusively Japanese market in 1990.
Gameplay
Somewhere in the galaxy lies the planet RS-121 – a desolate planet that has suffered terrible disasters which made life impossible.{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/nes/astro-fang-super-machine| title = Release information | publisher = MobyGames | accessdate = 2011-05-26}}
Only one construction still remains on the planet – a highway called the Black Line. It is said that an ancient legend is somehow connected to this highway. Players must knock enemies off the road by using missiles before they can knock him off the same highway. Automobile repair shops can be found where cars can be repaired and re-supplied with much-needed weapons. The playable vehicle resembles a 1982 DeLorean while the unplayable enemy vehicles resemble dune buggies.{{cite web | url = http://www.igcd.net/vehicle.php?id=5098&PHPSESSID=0a68d7070b0eb709f0768cade6eed665&width=1024)| title = Playable vehicle information | publisher = ICCD.net | accessdate = 2012-10-11}}{{cite web | url = http://www.igcd.net/vehicle.php?id=5099&PHPSESSID=0a68d7070b0eb709f0768cade6eed665&width=1024| title = Unplayable vehicle information | publisher = ICCD.net | accessdate = 2012-10-11}}
The game has an infinite amount of continues and a meter appears on the bottom left-hand side of the screen to remind how close the player is to achieving the goal.{{cite web | url = http://www25.atwiki.jp/famicomall/pages/36.html| title = Advanced game overview | date = 24 August 2008 | publisher = FC no Game Seiha Shimasho | accessdate = 2012-11-10}}
Reception
Video Game Den gave Astro Fang: Super Machine a rating of 3 stars out of a possible 5 in their December 14, 2011 review.
References
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External links
- {{MobyGames|id=/nes/astro-fang-super-machine|name=Astro Fang: Super Machine}}
Category:Japan-exclusive video games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games
Category:Nintendo Entertainment System-only games
Category:Science fiction video games
Category:Single-player video games