Heavy Unit
Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989…
1 February 1988
Heavy Unit is a shooter, released 1 February 1988 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Arcade.
What Heavy Unit is
Heavy Unit was released in 1988. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Arcade.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989. There was also a Mega Drive port by Toho entitled "Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special" released on December 26, 1990. The player takes control of a star ship that can transform in to a mecha by obtaining a specific type of power up. Set in 2013, mankind's first artificial star and planet, "Le Tau", is under attack from genetically modified alien monsters. The player must navigate a "Heavy Unit", a heavily armed, transforming mecha, in order to defeat the onslaught and protect the human…
How it plays
Its themes are science fiction.
Quick answers
Heavy Unit — frequently asked questions
When did Heavy Unit come out?
Heavy Unit was released on 1 February 1988 for TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine and Arcade.
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