Akira (video game)

Akira (アキラ) is a visual novel adventure game based on Akira, the 1988 animated movie version of Katsuhiro Otomo's manga, Akira. It was released in 1988 by Taito for the Nintendo Famicom console exclusively in Japan. The player takes the role of Kaneda, who begins the game when his motorcycle gang is taken into police custody after the abduction of their friend Tetsuo by the military.

Gameplay

Progress in the game is made by selecting actions from a list. The current location is depicted in a static image, often redrawn from the movie. Progress can be recorded with the help of passwords.

Reception

Akira was given a poor total score of 17 out of 40 from the panel of four reviewers of Famicom Tsūshin magazine.^[2]

Other Akira video games

To date, there have been three games based on Akira. This Family Computer entry was the first, followed by a British made action game in 1994 for the Amiga CD32. The most recent game was released in 2002 by Bandai for the PlayStation 2, called Akira Psycho Ball. It takes the form of a pinball simulation.

Another Akira game was being developed for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Genesis, Game Gear, Game Boy, and Sega CD by THQ, but it was postponed^[3] and ultimately cancelled, though the creators themselves have denied this.^[4] Recently, four prototypes of the video game have been found by video game historian Patrick Scott Patterson, who is "in the business of hunting down retro video games in order to salvage them for posterity".^{[5][6][7] [8]}

See also

• List of Family Computer games

References

External links

• Official Taito website in Japanese