Heiankyou Alien

46 Years old Arcade Video game Denki Onkyo

Heiankyou Alien screenshot

Heiankyou Alien © 1980 Denki Onkyo.

You control a man who walks around in a maze digging holes to trap the aliens.

TECHNICAL / MACHINE PICT.

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 1.93356 Mhz)

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

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

Machine Picture
Machine Picture
(members only)
TRIVIA

Released in January 1980

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Ancient Kyoto Alien'.

Heiankyo is the old capital of Japan, located in present-day Kyoto. The main character is a Kebiishi, a member of the Heiankyo police.

PORTS
COMPUTERS

MS Windows 95 (1999)
Steam (2017)

CONSOLES

Nintendo Game Boy (1990)
Nintendo Super Famicom (1995, "Nichibutsu Arcade Classics 2 - Heiankyo Alien")
SOURCES
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ROM dump (MAME).