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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 |
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Genre(s) | Scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Down Load [a] is a 1990 horizontally scrolling shooter 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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Down Load is a horizontally scrolling shooter.
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While most text in the game is in Japanese, it includes infamous examples of "Engrish". [2] [3]
Publication | Score |
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Aktueller Software Markt | 9/12 [4] |
Famitsu | 25/40 [5] |
Gekkan PC Engine | 78/100 [6] |
Joystick | 82% [7] |
Marukatsu PC Engine | 29/40 [8] |
Player One | 84% [9] |
Tilt | 16/20 [10] |
Amstar | 16/20 [11] |
Power Play | 67% [12] |
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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]