Spriggan Powered

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Spriggan Powered
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Developer(s) Micronics
Publisher(s) Naxat Soft
Director(s) Takayuki Yajima
Designer(s) Takayuki Yajima
Programmer(s) Kazuo Yagi
Artist(s) Manabu Sakai
Masataka Uemoto
Composer(s) Mutsumi Ishimura
Platform(s) Super Famicom
Release
  • JP: July 26, 1996
Genre(s) Horizontal-scrolling shooter
Mode(s) Single-player

Spriggan Powered [lower-alpha 1] is a 1996 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game released by Micronics for the Super Famicom [1] and its Satellaview system. [2] [3] It is the sequel of Spriggan Mark 2: Re-Terraform Project . [4] [5]

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Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot SFC Spriggan Powered.png
Gameplay screenshot

Spriggan Powered is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.

Development and release

In 2023, counterfeit copies of Spriggan Powered and other rare classic games were being produced in China and sold online to scam retrogaming enthusiasts. [6]

Reception

The King of PocketGames, a publication of the popular Chinese Ultra Console Game  [ zh ] magazine, praised its graphics. [7] Hardcore Gaming 101 noted its use of computer-rendered sprites, but considered its gameplay average. [8]

Notes

  1. Japanese: スプリガン・パワード, Hepburn: Supurigan Pawādo

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