Devilish is an arcade developed by Opera House, released 29 March 1991 on Sega Game Gear.
What Devilish is
Devilish is an arcade game developed by Opera House and released in 1991. It was published by Genki. It is available on Sega Game Gear only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A prince and princess were in love with each other until a jealous demon turned the happy couple into a set of stone paddles; resembling that of the pinball kind.Suddenly, a ball came into existence that could use the prince and princess in order to defeat the demons that now rule over the kingdom. Players have to use two paddles; the upper one is used to defeat demons while the lower one helps to prevent the player from dropping to its demise at the bottom of the board. By defeating bad guys and smashing through breakable blocks, the player advances towards the boss of each level. Resembling a harder version of Arkanoid, the vertically scrolling screen forces the ball to move constantly…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and horror. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Devilish holds a critic score of 20 out of 100. That places it above 1% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1991 averaged 68, so it scored 48 points below the year average.
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When did Devilish come out?
Devilish was released on 29 March 1991 for Sega Game Gear.
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