Download (video game)

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Down Load
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Developer(s) Alfa System
Publisher(s) NEC Avenue
Producer(s) Makoto Sakio
Toshio Tabeta
Artist(s) Masaomi Kanzaki
Writer(s) Ken Ohmori
Wataru Nakajima
Composer(s) Yasuhiko Fukuda
Platform(s) PC Engine
Release
  • JP: June 22, 1990
Genre(s) Horizontal-scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Down Load [a] is a 1990 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game published by NEC Avenue for the PC Engine. [1] It was followed by Download 2 and also inspired an anime OVA.

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Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot PCE Down Load (Download).png
Gameplay screenshot

Down Load is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.

Development and release

While most text in the game is in Japanese, it includes infamous examples of "Engrish". [2] [3]

Reception

Down Load was met with generally favorable reviews. [4] [6] [7] [9] [11] The Japanese publication Micom BASIC Magazine ranked the game sixteenth in popularity in its November 1990 issue, and it received a score of 21.88 out of 30 in a 1993 readers' poll conducted by PC Engine Fan , ranking among PC Engine titles at the number 175 spot. [13] [14]

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: ダウンロード, Hepburn: Daun Rōdo

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References

  1. ↑ Matsuyama, Benī (July 1990). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base". Micom BASIC Magazine  [ ja ]. No. 97. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation  [ ja ]. pp. 240–241.
  2. ↑ "This Be Bad Translation #04, Download!". Legends of Localization. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  3. ↑ "Download". SHMUPS!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 Oppermann, Torsten (October 1990). "Konsolen: Up & Download". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). No. 45. Tronic Verlag. p. 106.
  5. ↑ "新作ゲームクロスレビュー: ダウンロード". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 104. ASCII Corporation. July 6, 1990. p. 17. (Transcription by Famitsu.com. Archived 2015-05-30 at the Wayback Machine ).
  6. 1 2 "発売直前 REVIEW: ダウンロード". Gekkan PC Engine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). Vol. 2, no. 7. Shogakukan. July 1990. p. 120.
  7. 1 2 Demoly, Jean-Marc (September 1990). "Consoles News: Down Load (PC Engine)". Joystick (in French). No. 8. Sipress. p. 87.
  8. ↑ "新作ソフトお毒味チャート: ダウンロード". Marukatsu PC Engine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). Vol. 2, no. 7. Kadokawa Shoten. July 1990. p. 129.
  9. 1 2 Barbe, Robert (September 1990). "Tests de Jeux — NEC: Down Load". Player One  [ fr ] (in French). No. 1. Média Système Édition  [ fr ]. p. 50.
  10. ↑ Huyghues-Lacour, Alain; Scamps, Olivier; Hautefeuille, Oliviler (September 1990). "Hits: Down Load (PC Engine)". Tilt (in French). No. 81. Editions Mondiales S.A.  [ fr ]. p. 74—76.
  11. 1 2 "Le Cahier des Consoles — NEC: Down Load". Amstar  [ fr ] (in French). No. 49. Soracom Editions. September 1990. p. 29.
  12. ↑ Gaksch, Martin (September 1990). "Power Tests Video-spiele: Download (PC Engine)". Power Play  [ de ] (in German). No. 30. Markt & Technik. p. 80.
  13. ↑ Matsuyama, Benī (November 1990). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 今月の人気ソフト・ランキング". Micom BASIC Magazine  [ ja ]. No. 101. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation  [ ja ]. pp. 248–249.
  14. ↑ "PC Engine All Catalog '93 10月号特別付録". PC Engine Fan (in Japanese). Vol. 6, no. 10. Tokuma Shoten. October 1, 1993. p. 82.
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