Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm

Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm
North American cover art
Developer(s)	Human Entertainment
Publisher(s)	JP: Human Entertainment NA: Big Fun Games
Director(s)	Keisuke Ōuchi
Designer(s)	Hiroshi Taniguchi Hiroshi Ichikawa Keisuke Ōuchi
Programmer(s)	Jun Hirata
Artist(s)	Hiroshi Ichikawa
Composer(s)	Nobuhiro Makino
Platform(s)	Sega CD
Release	JP: July 30, 1993 NA: October 1994
Genre(s)	Shoot 'em up
Mode(s)	Single-player

Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm, released in Japan as Bari-Arm (バリ・アーム), is a 1993 shoot 'em up video game developed and published by Human Entertainment for the Sega CD.

Story

Humanity makes advances in space travel and colonization. In the year 2192 however, the colonists near Jupiter are attacked by the independent military nation of Zias stationed on the Olympus colony of Saturn. Zias uses a symbiotic computer system and several mecha factories powered by a device called the GEO as their primary attack force. Human scientists study the Zias technology and, based on the Zias GEO system, became able to build a space fighter capable of fighting against the Zias: the Bari-arm, a space ship capable of using multiple weapons and transforming into a giant robot with the same capabilities as the Zias cyborgs. Bari-arm is piloted by two young pilots with the mission of destroying the new GEO system before the Zias war machines destroy any further colonies and eradicate humanity forever.

Gameplay

Players control the Bari-arm through seven shooting stages. The Bari-arm has four ship speed levels and is equipped with a fully automatic shot and a charge weapon. The charge weapon automatically charges when the player does not hold down the fire button. The charge weapon unleashes a stronger version of whichever weapon the player has equipped. Weapons are collected as icons in the stage. The weapons available to the ship included the Thunder Cracker, Chase Cannon, Burning Wave and the Satellite Bombs. Every weapon covers the front and back of the ship except the Burning Wave, the only primary straight firing weapon.

Reception

GamePro gave the game a negative review, commenting that it is decent but outdated, especially when compared to other CD-based shooters, and is too derivative in every respect to be worthwhile for players who have played any of the dozens of shooters which preceded it. Electronic Gaming Monthly gave it a 6.2 out of 10. They praised the soundtrack but criticized that the graphics are mediocre for a CD-based game.

External links

• Android Assault: The Revenge of Bari-Arm for Sega CD - GameFAQs