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Down Load[a] is a 1990 side-scrolling shoot 'em up video game 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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Developer(s) | Alfa System |
Publisher(s) | NEC Avenue |
Producer(s) | Makoto Sakio Toshio Tabeta |
Artist(s) | Masaomi Kanzaki |
Writer(s) | Ken Ohmori Wataru Nakajima |
Composer(s) | Yasuhiko Fukuda |
Platform(s) | PC Engine |
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Genre(s) | Horizontal-scrolling shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Gameplay
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Down Load is a side-scrolling shoot 'em up game.
Development and release
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While most text in the game is in Japanese, it includes infamous examples of "Engrish."[2][3]
Reception
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Publication | Score |
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Aktueller Software Markt | 9/12[4] |
Famitsu | 25/40[5] |
Gekkan PC Engine | 78/100[6] |
Joystick | 82%[7] |
Marukatsu PC Engine | 29/40[8] |
Player One | 84%[9] |
Tilt | 16/20[10] |
Amstar | 16/20[11] |
Power Play | 67%[12] |
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Down Load was met with generally favorable reviews.[4][6][7][9][11] 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.[13][14]
Notes
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edit- ^ Matsuyama, Benī (July 1990). "Super Soft Hot Information: PC Engine 新作ソフト Data Base". Micom BASIC Magazine . No. 97. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation . pp. 240–241.
- ^ "This Be Bad Translation #04, Download!". Legends of Localization. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ "Download". SHMUPS!. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
- ^ a b Oppermann, Torsten (October 1990). "Konsolen: Up & Download". Aktueller Software Markt (in German). No. 45. Tronic Verlag. p. 106.
- ^ "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).
- ^ a b "発売直前 REVIEW: ダウンロード". Gekkan PC Engine (in Japanese). Vol. 2, no. 7. Shogakukan. July 1990. p. 120.
- ^ a b Demoly, Jean-Marc (September 1990). "Consoles News: Down Load (PC Engine)". Joystick (in French). No. 8. Sipress. p. 87.
- ^ "新作ソフトお毒味チャート: ダウンロード". Marukatsu PC Engine (in Japanese). Vol. 2, no. 7. Kadokawa Shoten. July 1990. p. 129.
- ^ a b Barbe, Robert (September 1990). "Tests de Jeux — NEC: Down Load". Player One (in French). No. 1. Média Système Édition . p. 50.
- ^ Huyghues-Lacour, Alain; Scamps, Olivier; Hautefeuille, Oliviler (September 1990). "Hits: Down Load (PC Engine)". Tilt (in French). No. 81. Editions Mondiales S.A. . p. 74—76.
- ^ a b "Le Cahier des Consoles — NEC: Down Load". Amstar (in French). No. 49. Soracom Editions. September 1990. p. 29.
- ^ Gaksch, Martin (September 1990). "Power Tests Video-spiele: Download (PC Engine)". Power Play (in German). No. 30. Markt & Technik. p. 80.
- ^ 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 . No. 101. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation . pp. 248–249.
- ^ "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.