Noboranka
This game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up where the player controls a character that has to climb a tree and shoot bug-like enemies. The story is that the princess has been kidnapped by the villains of…
31 December 1986
Noboranka is a shooter developed by Coreland, released 31 December 1986 on Arcade.
What Noboranka is
Noboranka is a shooter game developed by Coreland and released in 1986. It was published by Data East. It is available on Arcade only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
This game is a vertical scrolling shoot 'em up where the player controls a character that has to climb a tree and shoot bug-like enemies. The story is that the princess has been kidnapped by the villains of the Insect World, and Zippy Bug has to rescue her. After shooting the enemies, they drop fruits that the player can collect for extra points, and skulls that are deadly if touched. The player is able to fly for a short time, and every time this is done, one of the letters from the 'I Love You' at the bottom of the screen is used up. The letters regenerate over a small period of time. There are also other items, such as the key, which surrounds the player in a bubble and makes him…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
What it launched against
Noboranka launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.
Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.
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When did Noboranka come out?
Noboranka was released on 31 December 1986 for Arcade.
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