Underplayed Gems

Dezaemon Plus (1996)

Dezaemon Plus cover
Developer
Athena
Publisher
Athena, MonkeyPaw Games
Platforms
PlayStation 3, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres
Shooter

How it feels

Playing Dezaemon Plus feels like fiddling with a toy box of icons and sprites to build your own vertical shooter rather than simply blasting through someone else's.

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About

Dezaemon Plus is an updated PlayStation release of Dezaemon on the Super Famicom. Both games allow players to create their own vertical shooters through use of an icon-driven tool set. Players can control enemy placement, behavior, weapons, powerups, boss firing points, and so on. A graphics editor allows players to draw backgrounds, along with sprites for players, enemies, and even explosions. A music editor, very similar to the one in Mario Paint allows players to construct background themes for each level. Players are limited to a maximum of five levels, and a limited amount of shared memory for all graphics.

Screenshots

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