Gungage
Gungage (ガンゲージ) is a third-person shooter video game for the PlayStation, created by Konami. It was released in Japan and Europe, but not in the U.S.
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| Developer(s) | Konami Computer Entertainment Tokyo |
| Publisher(s) | Konami |
| Director(s) | Hideo Ueda |
| Producer(s) | Kazuhisa Hashimoto |
| Designer(s) | Mariko Tokida Yasunori Kanetake Toshiharu Furukawa Takashi Sagawa Noriaki Yamamoto |
| Programmer(s) | Akinari Takaki Hideo Ueda Hideaki Sato Shutaro Iida |
| Artist(s) | Akihito Yoshitomi |
| Composer(s) | Michiru Yamane Sota Fujimori |
| Platform(s) | PlayStation |
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| Genre(s) | Third-person shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
The only plot presented at the beginning of the game is "suddenly, at locations everywhere, beasts have begun to appear and attack people".
The game takes place in a "fantasy sci-fi" world reminiscent of Elemental Gearbolt, Space Harrier, and Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and the musical score was composed by Sōta Fujimori.
Characters
Gungage features four playable characters.
- Wakle Skade: A young blond man who is the only playable character at the beginning of the game. His rifle has only one primary attack: rapid-firing blue energy bullets. He has two special abilities, both of which are defensive. One is the energy shield and the other is a "stop bullet" that can freeze the enemy for a few seconds.
- Kard Berdish: An ex-officer of the mysterious corporation that seems to be responsible for the monsters. He has white hair, wears a military uniform, and carries a multifunction rifle that includes a laser rifle, flamethrower, homing-missile launcher, and grenade launcher, as well as two devastating special attacks.
- Steyr Harquebus: A dissident fighting against the corporation. She is a small teenage girl with a long-barelled minigun that is taller than she is. She has only one primary attack, but her four special moves more than make up for this shortcoming.
- Dee Van Feng: A cyborg teenage boy with long white hair, created by the corporation. Dee carries a pair of Uzis.
Each of the four characters has a unique story, which mostly involve the same levels as the other characters, but in a different order, and with some elements shuffled around. Only Wakle is playable at the beginning; other characters must be unlocked by performing specific actions with available characters.
References
- "ガンゲージ [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-12-16.
- "World Republic Review: Gungage". Gamers' Republic. Vol. 2, no. 3. Millennium Publishing. August 1999. p. 91.