Granada (video game)
| Granada | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Wolf Team |
| Publisher(s) | |
| Composer(s) |
Motoi Sakuraba Masaaki Uno |
| Platform(s) | Sharp X68000, Mega Drive/Genesis |
| Release |
Sharp X68000
|
| Genre(s) | Multidirectional scrolling shooter |
| Mode(s) | Single player |
Granada (グラナダ) is a 1990 shoot 'em up video game developed by Wolf Team and published by Telenet Japan in Japan first for the Sharp X68000 and later the Sega Mega Drive, with a North American Sega Genesis release by Renovation Products the following year.
Plot
In October 2016, the "African Civil War" broke out over the interests of rare metals was steadily intensified by tactical maneuver weapons (Maneuver Cepter = MC) introduced on behalf of long-range nuclear weapons. About a while after the war, abnormality occurred on the front line. Heavy mobile weapons of unknown nationality destroyed all weapons of weapons of both north and south sides. Only the name "Granada" is known. Eventually "Granada" came to be called "God of Africa" "Ghost of a soldier". Leon Todo, a pilot of "Granada" received a request to be in Japan one month before the war. However, the agent who informed him of his request loses his life soon. While holding a suspicion, he who boarded "Granada" knows that he was deceived soon. Leon launched "Granada". The engine roars in the sky of Africa. The target area is Nigeria. The purpose is - retribution.
Gameplay
The player is situated in a large field full of enemies, obstacles, and enemy generators that may be freely moved upon (unlike most conventional shoot-'em-ups). The goal of each level is to destroy each enemy generator (red dots on the HUD in the bottom right corner) and then a boss all before the timer runs out. Granada is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "XGranadaX" or "Granada X" because of ambiguity in the design of the logo.