L-Dis

{{Short description|1991 video game}}

{{Infobox video game

| title = L-Dis

| image = PC Engine CD-ROM² L-Dis cover art.jpg

| developer = Dual Corporation

| publisher = Masaya

| director = Yasumasa Shirakura

| producer = Toshirou Tsuchida

| designer = Tetsuya Yamamoto

| programmer = Tsutomu Takano

| artist = Norio Makino

| writer = Norio Makino

| composer = Atsuhiro Motoyama

| platforms = PC Engine CD-ROM²

| released = {{vgrelease|JP|April 5, 1991}}

| genre = Horizontal-scrolling shooter

| modes = Single-player

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{{nihongo foot|L-Dis|エルディス|Erudisu|lead=yes|group=lower-alpha}} is a 1991 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by Masaya Games for the NEC PC Engine CD-ROM².{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-03/page/n246/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=105|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=March 1991|pages=250–251|language=ja}}

Gameplay

File:PCE CD-ROM² L-Dis.png

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L-Dis is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.

Development and release

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In 2009, the game was released for the Nintendo Wii's Virtual Console.{{cite news |title=Japanese Virtual Console list - February 2009 |url=https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2009/01/japanese_virtual_console_list_february_2009 |access-date=28 July 2024 |work=Nintendo Life |date=30 January 2009}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2009/02/02/33420.html|title=任天堂、2月のバーチャルコンソール配信タイトルを公開|work={{ill|Inside Games|lt=Inside Games|ja|iNSIDE (ニュースサイト)}}|publisher={{ill|IID, Inc.|lt=IID, Inc.|ja|イード (企業)}}|date=February 2, 2009|access-date=2024-08-18|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090825114344/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2009/02/02/33420.html|archive-date=2009-08-25|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2009/02/03/33456.html|title=「バーチャルコンソール」&「Wiiウェア」2月3日配信作品|work={{ill|Inside Games|lt=Inside Games|ja|iNSIDE (ニュースサイト)}}|publisher={{ill|IID, Inc.|lt=IID, Inc.|ja|イード (企業)}}|date=February 3, 2009|access-date=2024-08-18|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712083413/https://www.inside-games.jp/article/2009/02/03/33456.html|archive-date=2020-07-12|url-status=live}}

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| Fam = 26/40{{cite magazine|title=NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: エルディス|magazine=Famitsu|issue=136|publisher=ASCII Corporation|date=July 26, 1991|language=ja}} ([http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7245 Transcription] by Famitsu.com. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150630221221/http://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7245|date=2015-06-30}}).

| GPCE = 77/100{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/gekkan-pc-engine-issue-32-may-1991/Gekkan%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Issue%2032%20-%20May%201991/page/n117/mode/1up|title=発売直前 REVIEW: エルディス|magazine={{ill|Gekkan PC Engine|lt=Gekkan PC Engine|ja|月刊PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=5|publisher=Shogakukan|date=May 1991|page=120|language=ja}}

| Gen4 = 90%{{cite magazine|last=Querleux|first=Philippe|url=https://archive.org/details/generation4-magazine-033/page/n66/mode/1up|title=Console: L-Dis|magazine={{ill|Génération 4|lt=Génération 4|fr|Gen4}}|issue=33|publisher=Pressimage|date=May 1991|page=123|language=fr}}

| JS = 75%{{cite magazine|last=Demoly|first=Jean-Marc|url=https://archive.org/details/joystick016/page/n169/mode/1up|title=Consoles News: L-Dis|magazine=Joystick|issue=16|publisher=Sipress|date=May 1991|page=170|language=fr}}

| MPCE = 29/40{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/marukatsu-pc-engine-volume-29-may-1991/Marukatsu%20PC%20Engine%20-%20Volume%2029%20-%20May%201991/page/145/mode/1up|title=新作ソフトお毒味チャート: エルディス|magazine={{ill|Marukatsu PC Engine|lt=Marukatsu PC Engine|ja|マル勝PCエンジン}}|volume=3|issue=5|publisher=Kadokawa Shoten|date=May 1991|page=145|language=ja}}

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L-Dis received generally favorable reviews.{{cite magazine|url=https://archive.org/details/playerone-magazine-009/page/n6/mode/1up|title=Stop Info: CD-Rom NEC: Le Retour|magazine={{ill|Player One (magazine)|lt=Player One|fr|Player One}}|issue=9|publisher={{ill|Média Système Édition|lt=Média Système Édition|fr|Média Système Édition}}|date=May 1991|page=7|language=fr}}{{cite magazine|last=Ireland|first=Victor|author-link=Victor Ireland|url=https://archive.org/details/turbo-play/10_TurboPlay_1991_December/page/24/mode/1up|title=Games Around The World (Extended Version)|magazine=TurboPlay|issue=10|publisher=Larry Flynt Publications|date=January 1992|pages=18–25}}{{cite magazine|last=Varella|first=Léo|url=https://archive.org/details/cinevideo-games-5/page/22/mode/1up|title=TurboGrafx-16: 22 Games|magazine=Cinevídeo Games|volume=1|issue=5|publisher=Editora Ondas|date=1992|page=18—23|language=pt}} The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game seventh in popularity in its July 1991 issue, and it received a score of 21.89 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan, ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 174 spot.{{cite magazine|last=Matsuyama|first=Benī|url=https://archive.org/details/micomBASIC_1991-07/page/n255/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=109|publisher={{ill|The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|lt=The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation|ja|電波新聞社}}|date=July 1991|pages=260|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=71|language=ja}}

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