Cowboy Bebop
The player controls Spike Spiegel's Swordfish II from a third person perspective. Each level involves chasing another ship (the bounty head) along a set track through different environments, while enemies…
Cowboy Bebop is a shooter developed by BEC, released 14 May 1998 on PlayStation.
What Cowboy Bebop is
Cowboy Bebop is a shooter game developed by BEC and released in 1998. It was published by Bandai. It is available on PlayStation only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
The player controls Spike Spiegel's Swordfish II from a third person perspective. Each level involves chasing another ship (the bounty head) along a set track through different environments, while enemies (spaceships, robots, etc.) attack. Each stage ends with a boss battle, confronting your target. Between stages, bonus points earned can be spent to purchase upgrades for the ship (faster speed, more powerful ammo, stronger laser).
How it plays
Its themes are action and science fiction.
Where it sits in the Cowboy Bebop series
Cowboy Bebop is the first of 3 entries we hold in the Cowboy Bebop series. The next entry was Cowboy Bebop: Tsuioku no Serenade in 2005.
What it launched against
Cowboy Bebop launched on 14 May 1998, within three weeks of Sanitarium, Radiant Silvergun and Vigilante 8.
Released around the same time: Sanitarium, Radiant Silvergun, Vigilante 8.
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