Koi no Hotrock (Japan)

Arcade Video game published 39 years ago:

Koi no HotRock - John, Rick & She-na (c) 1986 Konami.

Two rock stars must battle through 5 stages battling enemies from different time periods.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : GX620

Main CPU : HD6309 (@ 3 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Motorola M6809 (@ 1.5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), Sanyo VLM5030 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 64

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1986 in Japan. The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'HotRock of Love - John, Rick & She-na'.

This game is known outside Japan as "Rock'n Rage [Model GX620]".

She-na is the girl you have to save in "Violent Storm".

The music used in the interior section of the Ancient Rome stage is Falco's 1985 hit known as 'Rock Me Amadeus'.

Alfa Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (The Konamic Game Freaks - 28XA-135) on 25/05/1987.

- STAFF -

Game programmers : Lovely Sugimo, John Yamagushi, Rick Nagasawa, Yuki Itoh, Guitar Nagata, Mike Takabayashi, Super Oka, Rock Ozawa, Water Hamada
Video graphics designers : Shena Urata, Sweet Satoh
Sound effects : Fancy Fukutake, Kiyoko Mizutani (Can Mizutani), Drum Terashima, River Gushiken, Sand Muraoka
Hardware designer : Barrel Akiyama

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