Violent Storm, the Video Game by Konami

Type of the machine : Video Game
Violent Storm © 1993 Konami.

Wade, Boris & Kyle's best friend, the lovely Sheena, is kidnapped in front of their eyes! So they venture into the hippie filled streets to maul anyone that gets in their way of rescuing her. Features awesome color-filled graphics, a kickin' vocal soundtrack and cool sound effects, lots of vicious moves (especially those from Boris!), a great sense of humor & plenty of great looking enemies & bosses. Break out fighting, everybody come on! :)

Game ID : GX168

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 8 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) K054539 (@ 48 Khz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 384 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 2048

Players : 3
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2 (ATTACK, JUMP)

The 4 stage boss is actually disguised as a Power Loader seen in the 'Aliens' movie and the Konami title of the same name!

At the middle of the last stage, two cabinets of "Penta" and "Scramble" make an appearance (Note that "Penta" is originally a bootleg of "Pengo" :).

One of the bonus point items is a "Twinbee" doll.

King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Amusement Sounds '94 Spring - KICA-7631, 7632) on 23/02/1994.

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

* Some Tips : keep an eye out for unusual weapons, smash the light bulbs in the 2nd stage to temporary blind your enemies ! Also grab the piggies in this stage and they turn into footballs that you can use as projectiles ! (now you know where the term 'pigskin' comes from !) :)

1. Crime Fighters [2-Player model] (1989)
1. Crime Fighters [4-Player model] (1989)
2. Crime Fighters 2 (1991)
3. Violent Storm (1993)

Progammers : Hirotako, N-Man, AI UEO, On The Hill
Character designers : Monmo 29, Yoh, Kenny.N, Tori.Tori, Kanban Musume, Chupper Maki
Sound : Prophet Fuka, Everybody, Kishimaro
Violent Storm's special Singers : Jeffrey, Junko, Mayumi
Hardware : W. Yuusaku
Hardware adviser : Dendou Konishi
Package : Vio.N
Director : Monmo 29
Producer : Masa 32

Game's rom.