Super Tempo

The game uses stylized 2D cartoon graphics.

• Title — Super Tempo • Developer — Aspect, Red Company • Publisher — MediaQuest • Platforms — Sega Saturn • Released — April 29, 1998 • Genre — Platform game • Modes — Single player • Director — Keisaku Okumura Keisuke Abe • Producer — Yasuaki Nagoshi Kazuyuki Oikawa • Designer — Mussies Teruo Hamai • Programmer — Toshikatsu Fujii • Artist — Takeshi Tsukioka Keita Komiyama • Composer — Masayoshi Ishi Hiroyuki Hamada

In the winter music world, the Prince of Music World is kidnapped and taken to The Planet Technotch. Meanwhile, the green grasshopper boy “Tempo” and his girlfriend, the cabbage white butterfly girl “Katy” went bankrupt. After discovering a happy blue bird, the two follow the bird and find a mysterious house. There, they realized that the Prince of Music World was kidnapped. Tempo now teams up with Katy to rescue the Prince of Music World from Planet Technotch and thus, the story of their exit from bankruptcy began.

Super Tempo is a sequel to the Sega 32X title Tempo, and marks the third and final game in the Tempo series. The series was developed by RED Company, who also developed the Sakura Taisen and Bonk's Adventure series of games. The game was featured at the 1998 Tokyo Game Show video game convention.

The game offers 2D platforming sections, as well as musical themed rhythm sections. Players take control of the character Tempo, who can create bubbles to defeat enemies. Musical notes are collected throughout the stages, and if enough are found, they can be exchanged in an arcade to play mini-games.

Super Tempo was released on April 29, 1998 for the Sega Saturn and was published by MediaQuest.