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Metal Walker

Although Metal Walker is a console RPG, battles are fought in a pinball or billiards-like atmosphere in a top-down perspective arena. As each turn of the battle starts, players decide which direction a Metal…

24 December 1999

Metal Walker is a role-playing (rpg) developed by Capcom Japan, released 24 December 1999 on Game Boy Color.

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What Metal Walker is

Metal Walker is a role-playing (rpg) game developed by Capcom Japan and released in 1999. It is available on Game Boy Color only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Although Metal Walker is a console RPG, battles are fought in a pinball or billiards-like atmosphere in a top-down perspective arena. As each turn of the battle starts, players decide which direction a Metal Walker will move and how hard they will move. Players are encouraged to form strategies that allow Metal Walkers to hit a single enemy, bounce off a wall, and then hit another enemy, all in a single turn. On the battlefield, players can throw several different types of items onto the field. The items are used when a Metal Walker hits them. Capsules and healing items strengthen and heal Metal Walkers, whereas attack items, such as Napalm, are only useful when the enemy hits them. There…
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What it launched against

Metal Walker launched on 24 December 1999, within three weeks of Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead and Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.

Released around the same time: Shenmue, Planescape: Torment, The Typing of the Dead, Yu-Gi-Oh! Forbidden Memories.

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When did Metal Walker come out?
Metal Walker was released on 24 December 1999 for Game Boy Color.

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