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Chakan

A Game Gear port of Chankan: The Forever Man for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. The game featured an uncommonly dark premise for the time of its release, which saw the home console market flooded with licensed…

19 December 1992

Chakan is an arcade, released 19 December 1992 on Sega Game Gear.

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What Chakan is

Chakan was released in 1992. It was published by Sega. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A Game Gear port of Chankan: The Forever Man for the Sega Megadrive/Genesis. The game featured an uncommonly dark premise for the time of its release, which saw the home console market flooded with licensed platformers based on family-friendly media. It is based upon a comic book by Robert A. Kraus and was produced by Ed Annunziata, who met Chakan's creator at a convention and was impressed.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Chakan launched on 19 December 1992, within three weeks of Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity and Moto Roader MC.

Released around the same time: Streets of Rage 2, Street Fighter II' Turbo: Hyper Fighting, Flashback: The Quest for Identity, Moto Roader MC.

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When did Chakan come out?
Chakan was released on 19 December 1992 for Sega Game Gear.

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