Metal Stoker
A cyberpunk multi-directional shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. Metal Stoker is a top-down, multi-directional shoot 'em up for the PC Engine, developed and published by Face (possibly through their subsidiary…
Metal Stoker is a shooter, released 12 July 1991 on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine.
What Metal Stoker is
Metal Stoker was released in 1991. It is available on TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
A cyberpunk multi-directional shoot 'em up for the PC Engine. Metal Stoker is a top-down, multi-directional shoot 'em up for the PC Engine, developed and published by Face (possibly through their subsidiary brand Sankindo). The game features the subtitle "Neo Hardboiled Shooting". The goal of the game is to explore each stage, fight a boss and move onto the next. Some stages are comprised of several linear enclosed areas that require that the player clear the room of enemies before they can proceed, while others are more open and let the player scroll in multiple directions while seeking out their foes. The story is sparse, and concerns the player's testing out of a new Custom CS-05 tank…
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Metal Stoker launched on 12 July 1991, within three weeks of Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy IV and Bomberman II.
Released around the same time: Sonic the Hedgehog, Final Fantasy IV, Bomberman II.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Quick answers
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