Title – KAGELIEN
System – MSX
Author – 上沢 裕 (Yutaka Uesawa)
Publication – Micom BASIC (マイコンBASIC) August 1985
Page Scans – 83
Preserved By – TWE
Recommended Emulator – openMSX
Loading the Game –
Files:
kagelien.wav: Tape recording of KAGELIEN program
kagelien.dsk: Self-booting disk image of KAGELIEN program
For kagelien.wav:
– After booting the machine, insert the tape image;
– Type ‘CLOAD’ and press Enter;
– After the game loads, type ‘RUN’ and press Enter to start the game.
For kagelien.dsk:
– Insert the disk image in the first slot, then boot the machine;
– The game should load and start automatically.
Game Instructions –
Move with the arrow keys and grab diamonds with Space;
Dodge the enemy on the left side while collecting diamonds on the right side.
Article Translation –
MSX
KAGELIEN
Yutaka Uesawa
Introduction
In the year XXXX, an astronomer found a planet encrusted with diamonds, and so the Editor went to planet XX. Carrying a map develpoed by Dr. D that was able to reflect anything, the Editor surprisingly encountered a Kage-Godzilla ALIEN…
How to Play
You can move your character, the Editor(👾), with the cursor keys. As you dodge Kage(🐝), observe the right hand map and get the diamonds (the map reflects the Editor, but not Kage).
To grab a diamond, when the Editor shown on the map and the diamond overlap, press the Space key to get it and earn 50 points.
If the Editor is not on top of a diamond and the Space key is pressed, 20 points are lost.
After you get all the diamonds, you clear a round and get 500*(round nº) points.
{Picture 1} The right side is a map. Kage-Godzilla’s coming to attack
{Picture 2} Its speed is high, so be careful!
CHECKER FLAG
Dr. D: This program is short, yet its concept outstands that. Still, the fact we still have works with good ideas fills me with relief!
★Tongue twister: A praying mantis bitten by a praying mantis that bit a Kirigami bites a bitten Kirigami(Kamakiri ga kamikiri kamarete kamareta kamakiri ga kanda kamikiri o kanda). (Shizuoka・Caron-lover, 14 y.o.)……【Editor: The time for fear has come. Kage: Brr! My tongue’s going to look like mantis(kamakiri/kamikiri(kirigami))…】