Ultraman

Excerpt from Genesis Game Guide by The Scribe

NAME:             Ultraman
AUTHOR/VENDOR:    Ma-Ba
RELEASED:         1993
TYPE:             Fighting
LANGUAGE:         Japanese

PREMISE:          As you may know by watching the many Toho monster flicks,
                  the island nation of Japan is constantly being attacked
                  by giant monsters of all sorts (grin).  To counter this
                  threat, an advanced alien race bestowed special powers on
                  a member of the Ultra Force - the JSDF unit designed to
                  meet these constant threats.  Now, whenever one of these
                  monster comes along, it has to deal with Ultraman - a
                  thirty-foot humanoid with his own superstrength and
                  special powers who can deal with the monsters on their
                  own terms.  Based on the classic 1960s Japanese TV series
                  by Tsuburaya Productions, which was the granddaddy of all
                  of those Ranger-style shows ever since.

IMPRESSIONS:      I'm old enough to remember this series, and religiously
                  watched every badly dubbed episode on my local UHF-TV
                  station (WPTY-TV 24 in Memphis, TN - hi, guys!).  This
                  fighter brings back a lot of pleasant memories, and has
                  cameos by all of the show's major guest monsters (yes,
                  Gojira himself shows up, too).  The game itself is on a
                  par with most SF2 wannabes - decent graphics, limited
                  moves, fair sound, average gameplay - but I still found
                  it fun.  "Ultraman, Ultraman, watch our hero fly...."
                  Get it for the memories.

VARIATIONS:       This is the lone Ultraman game for the MegaDrive; it
                  does not appears that any of the other titles were ever
                  ported.

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