V-Five (Japan)

Arcade Video game published 32 years ago:

V-Five (c) 1993 Toaplan.

A vertically scrolling shoot 'em up from Toaplan.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TP-027

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.375 Mhz)

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

- TRIVIA -

Released in December 1992 in Japan.

This game is known outside Japan as "Grind Stormer".

This would be Ikeda Tsunemoto's first game at Toaplan. He went on to become a founding member of Cave, where he still works as a lead programmer. It is due to him that the phenomenon of the 'Danmaku'; the huge walls of bullets seen in "Donpachi" etc., came about.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Hidden Functions: If the 'Invulnerability dip switch' is enabled, you are invulnerable but you may also 'Pause' the game with P2 Start and restart with P1 Start.

* Bomber Mode: Input code Right, Left, Button2, Left, Down, Button1, Up, Left on title screen after inserted a credit. Displayed 'BOMBER. Ver' and the game system is changed to "Grind Stormer"'s one.

- STAFF -

Director : Kenichi Takano
Programmers : Sigue Hayasato, Tsuneki Ikeda
Graphic designers : Y. Naora, Mikio Yamaguchi
Sound director : Masahiro Yuge
Presented by Toaplan.

- PORTS -

* CONSOLES:
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (1994) "V-Five [Model T-48173]"

- CONTRIBUTE -

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