Underplayed Gems

70's Robot Anime Geppy-X (1999)

70's Robot Anime Geppy-X cover
Developer
Aroma
Platforms
PlayStation
Genres
Shooter

How it feels

Blasting through alien hordes feels like flipping through a loving, tongue-in-cheek tribute to cheesy 1970s super robot anime episodes.

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About

Geppy-X is a 2D side-scrolling shoot-em-up developed as an affectionate parody of the 1970s super robot era of mecha anime pioneered by Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa. In it, you play as a super robot fighter squadron in an alternate universe 1970s, fighting against alien invaders from the Space Devil Empire. The titular robot has three transformations all modeled after famous 1970s super robots, as well as a super form known as Geppy-XX. Stages are presented like actual anime episodes, and the game makes use of the PlayStation's full motionn video capabilities to include actual animations made specifically for the game, with an opening, part A, eye-catch, part B, ending theme, and next episode preview. They even have fake commercials that play in between the eye-catches.

Screenshots

70's Robot Anime Geppy-X screenshot 170's Robot Anime Geppy-X screenshot 2

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