Mighty Guy
Is a 1986 run and gun video game developed and published by Nichibutsu for arcades. It was released only in Japan in March 1986. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in January 2024.
Mighty Guy
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- Mighty Guy was published by Nichibutsu.
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- action game
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Is a 1986 run and gun video game developed and published by Nichibutsu for arcades. It was released only in Japan in March 1986. Hamster Corporation released the game outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in January 2024.
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• Developer — Nichibutsu • Publisher — Nichibutsu • Platforms — Arcade • Released — March 1986 • Genre — Run and gun • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Title — Mighty Guy
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The player controls the titular character, which aims to destroy a supercomputer after going through.levels and defeating enemies. The player can punch and kick enemies with the two buttons, but holding them will cause the player to fire a projectile which can move across the entire screen to defeat enemies, at a cost of the player being rendered immobile and a gradual fall in hit points. Guns and bazookas can be picked up and used to shoot enemies.
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- 1.Akagi, Masumi. アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Amusement News Agency. 56. October 13, 2006. 978-4990251215.
- 2.【アケアカ】『マイティガイ』Switch/PS4で1月4日配信。強力なサイコガンを駆使し、人類を改造し独裁を企てる巨大コンピュータ“ゼルダ”の侵攻を阻止せよ ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com. ファミ通.com. 2024-01-03.
- 3.Yarwood, Jack. Nichibutsu's Vertical Action Scroller 'Mighty Guy' Heading To Switch & PS4 This Week. Time Extension. 2024-01-03.
- 4.ASCII. ASCII.jp：日本物産の『マイティガイ』が「アーケードアーカイブス」で1月4日に配信決定！. ASCII.jp. 2024-01-03.
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Mighty Guy is a work recorded by Mighty Flea, Oxford Music Online, 2003, Mighty Sparrow, Oxford Music Online, 2001, My Works, Ye Mighty, My Works, Ye Mighty, 2025, Semantic Scholar corpus, 8 publications naming Mighty Guy. Associated with Japan. Classed in the genre action game. Recorded as video game. Developed by Nichibutsu. Published by Nichibutsu.
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