Download (video game)

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Down Load
PC Engine Down Load cover art.jpg
Developer Alfa System
Publisher NEC Avenue
Producers Makoto Sakio
Toshio Tabeta
Artist Masaomi Kanzaki
Writers Ken Ohmori
Wataru Nakajima
Composer Yasuhiko Fukuda
Platform PC Engine
Release
  • JP: June 22, 1990
Genre Scrolling shooter
Mode 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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Gameplay

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

Down Load is a horizontally scrolling shooter.

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] [8] [9] [11] [13] 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. [15] [16]

Notes

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

References

  1. ↑ Matsuyama, Benī (July 1990). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base". Micom BASIC Magazine  [ ja ] (in Japanese). 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). Vol. 5, no. 10. Tronic Verlag. p. 106.
  5. ↑ Glancey, Paul (August 1990). "Review: Down Load (PC Engine)". Computer and Video Games (special). Vol. 3 (Complete Guide To Consoles ed.). EMAP. p. 78.
  6. ↑ "The Complete Games Guide: PC Engine". Computer and Video Games (special). Vol. 4 (Complete Guide To Consoles ed.). EMAP. November 1990. pp. 40–57.
  7. ↑ "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 ).
  8. 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.
  9. 1 2 Demoly, Jean-Marc (September 1990). "Consoles News: Down Load (PC Engine)". Joystick (in French). No. 8. Sipress. p. 87.
  10. ↑ "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.
  11. 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.
  12. ↑ 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.
  13. 1 2 "Le Cahier des Consoles — NEC: Down Load". Amstar  [ fr ] (in French). No. 49. Soracom Editions. September 1990. p. 29.
  14. ↑ Gaksch, Martin (September 1990). "Power Tests Video-spiele: Download (PC Engine)". Power Play  [ de ] (in German). No. 30. Markt & Technik. p. 80.
  15. ↑ 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 ] (in Japanese). No. 101. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation  [ ja ]. pp. 248–249.
  16. ↑ "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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