Eightman

• Title — Eight Man • Developer — Pallas • Publisher — SNK • Director — Seigo Ito • Producer — Eikichi Kawasaki • Programmer — Nishidon Shinchan • Writer — Kazumasa Hirai • Composer — Yoshihiko Kitamura Yoko Osaka Makiko • Series — 8 Man • Platforms — Arcade, Neo Geo AES • Released — Arcade7 June 1991 Neo Geo AES20 November 1991 • Genre — Beat 'em up • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Neo Geo MVS

• Illustration — Gameplay screenshot Eight Man is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game where players control the cyborg superhero 8 Man (P1) and his former rival comrade 9 Man (P2), across ten stages that take place in a futuristic setting where a bio-computer system called Cyber is threatening mankind with his army of robots. During gameplay, players can only move between left and right in the levels, while enemies are fought with either the A or C button (which activates the character's special attack), in addition of the B button that serves for jumping and pressing it when holding the joystick down, the characters perform a slide movement. The levels are broken into different phases and some of them involves the players chasing a vehicle, while enemies are coming out to attack. Power-ups are also scattered along the way to be collected that will enhance the player's attacks, as well as granting screen-clearing bombs that damages all enemies in sight. After reaching the end of a level, a boss must be fought in order to progress onto the next stage. If a memory card is present, the player is allowed to save their progress and resume into the last stage the game saved at.

Eight Man was initially launched for arcades on June 7, 1991, and later during the same period for the Neo Geo AES in November 1991