Pirate Ship Higemaru

Arcade Video game published 40 years ago:

Pirate Ship Higemaru (c) 1984 Capcom Company, Limited.

Take on the role of Momotaro who must launch barrels at enemies to stop the evil Higemaru pirates.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1

- TRIVIA -

Pirate Ship Higemaru was released in September 1984.

This game features one of the first game soundtracks composed by Tamayo Kawamoto, who made also other Capcom 80's BGM. She now works at Taito : she's a member of Zuntata, the popular (well, in Japan) Taito band where she plays keyboards.

- SERIES -

1. Pirate Ship Higemaru (1984, Arcade)
2. Higemaru Makaijima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken [Model CAP-MZ] (1987, Famicom)

- STAFF -

Staff: Toshio Arima, T. Hara, Y. Maki, K. Kamimori, H. Fujinaka, Yoshiki Okamoto, R. Miyamoto
Music composed by: Ayako Mori, Tamayo Kawamoto
Directed by: Tokuro Fujiwara

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Saturn (oct.15, 1998) "Capcom Generation Dai 3 Shou Koko ni Rekkishi Hajimaru [Model T-1234G]"
[JP] Sony PlayStation (oct.15, 1998) "Capcom Generation Dai 3 Shou Koko ni Rekkishi Hajimaru [Model SLPS-01649]"
[EU] Sony PlayStation (sept.3, 1999) "Capcom Generations 3 - The First Generation [Capcom Generations Disc 3] [Model SLES-21881]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (sept.27, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection"
[US] Sony PS2 (sept.27, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model SLUS-21316]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (nov.18, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection"
[EU] Sony PS2 (nov.18, 2005) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model SLES-53661]"
[JP] Sony PS2 (mar.2, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model SLPM-66317]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [JP] (feb.19, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet [Model NPJB-00210]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [EU] (feb.20, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [JP] (feb.20, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [EU] (feb.20, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [AU] (feb.21, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet"
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [US] (apr.16, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Game Pack 5 [DLC]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [US] (apr.17, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: Game Pack 5 [DLC]"
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] [US] (may.21, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: All-In-One Pack [DLC]"
Microsoft XBOX 360 [XBLA] [US] (may.22, 2013) "Capcom Arcade Cabinet: All-In-One Pack [DLC]"

* HANDHELDS:
[JP] Sony PSP (sept.7, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection [Model ULJM-05104]"
[US] Sony PSP (oct.24, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded [Model ULUS-10134]"
[EU] Sony PSP (nov.10, 2006) "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded [Model ULES-00377]"