Download (video game)
{{Short description|1990 video game}}{{expand Japanese|topic=vg|ダウンロード (ゲーム)|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Down Load
| image = PC Engine Down Load cover art.jpg
| developer = Alfa System
| publisher = NEC Avenue
| producer = Makoto Sakio
Toshio Tabeta
| artist = Masaomi Kanzaki
| writer = Ken Ohmori
Wataru Nakajima
| composer = Yasuhiko Fukuda
| platforms = PC Engine
| released = {{vgrelease|JP|June 22, 1990}}
| genre = Horizontal-scrolling shooter
| modes = Single-player
}}
{{nihongo foot|Down Load|ダウンロード|Daun Rōdo|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1990 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by NEC Avenue for the PC Engine.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1990-07/page/n237/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=97|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=July 1990|pages=240–241|language=ja}} It was followed by Download 2 and also inspired an anime OVA.
Gameplay
File:PCE Down Load (Download).png
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Down Load is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.
Development and release
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While most text in the game is in Japanese, it includes infamous examples of "Engrish".{{cite web |title=This Be Bad Translation #04, Download! |url=https://legendsoflocalization.com/crude-english-dowload-pc-engine-turbografx/ |website=Legends of Localization |access-date=29 July 2024 |language=en |date=14 January 2018}}{{cite web |title=Download |url=http://www.shmups.com/reviews/download/index.html |website=SHMUPS! |access-date=29 July 2024}}
Reception
{{Video game reviews
| ASM = 9/12{{cite magazine|last=Oppermann|first=Torsten|url=https://archive.org/details/Aktueller_Software_Markt_-_Ausgabe_1990.10/page/n105/mode/1up|title=Konsolen: Up & Download|magazine=Aktueller Software Markt|issue=45|publisher=Tronic Verlag|date=October 1990|page=106|language=de}}
| Fam = 25/40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu-0104/page/17/mode/1up|title=新作ゲームクロスレビュー: ダウンロード|magazine=Famitsu|issue=104|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=July 6, 1990|page=17|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7134 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150530100914/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7134|date=2015-05-30}}).
| GPCE = 78/100{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/gekkan-pc-engine-issue-22-july-1990/Gekkan%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Issue%2022%20-%20July%201990/page/120/mode/1up|title=発売直前 REVIEW: ダウンロード|magazine={{ill|Gekkan PC Engine|lt=Gekkan PC Engine|ja|月刊PCエンジン}}|volume=2|issue=7|publisher=Shogakukan|date=July 1990|page=120|language=ja}}
| JS = 82%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick008/page/n86/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: Down Load (PC Engine)|magazine=Joystick|issue=8|publisher=Sipress|date=September 1990|page=87|language=fr}}
| MPCE = 29/40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/marukatsu-pc-engine-volume-19-july-1990/Marukatsu%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Volume%2019%20-%20July%201990/page/129/mode/1up|title=新作ソフトお毒味チャート: ダウンロード|magazine={{ill|Marukatsu PC Engine|lt=Marukatsu PC Engine|ja|マル勝PCエンジン}}|volume=2|issue=7|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=July 1990|page=129|language=ja}}
| TILT = 16/20{{cite magazine|last1=Huyghues-Lacour|first1=Alain|last2=Scamps|first2=Olivier|last3=Hautefeuille|first3=Oliviler|url=https://archive.org/details/Tilt081/page/n73/mode/2up|title=Hits: Down Load (PC Engine)|magazine=Tilt|issue=81|publisher={{ill|Mondadori France|lt=Editions Mondiales S.A.|fr|Mondadori France}}|date=September 1990|page=74—76|language=fr}}
| rev1 = Amstar
| rev2 = Power Play
| rev2Score = 67%{{cite magazine|last=Gaksch|first=Martin|url=https://archive.org/details/Power.Play.N30.1990.09-kultpower/page/n123/mode/1up|title=Power Tests Video-spiele: Download (PC Engine)|magazine={{ill|Power Play (magazine)|lt=Power Play|de|Power Play (Zeitschrift)}}|issue=30|publisher=Markt & Technik|date=September 1990|page=80|language=de}}
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Down Load was met with generally favorable reviews. 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.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1990-11/page/n238/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング|magazine={{ill|Micom BASIC Magazine|lt=Micom BASIC Magazine|ja|マイコンBASICマガジン}}|issue=101|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=November 1990|pages=248–249|language=ja}}{{cite magazine|title=PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録|magazine=PC Engine Fan|volume=6|issue=10|publisher=Tokuma Shoten|date=October 1, 1993|page=82|language=ja}}
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Notes
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References
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External links
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- [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/tg16/588949-download Down Load] at GameFAQs
- {{MobyGames|id=/49448/down-load/|name=Down Load}}
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