JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken

Arcade Video game published 26 years ago by Capcom Co., Ltd.

Listed in MAME

Info

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken © 1998 Capcom Company, Limited.

A one-on-one 2-D fighter with excellent animation and sound.

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TECHNICAL

Capcom Play System III Hardware (CPS III)
CD Number: CAP-JJK000
CD Label: CAP-JJK-140

Main CPU : Hitachi SH2 (possibly 2)
Storage : SCSI CD Rom, RAM and Flash ROM.
RAM : SIMMs on the left w/ 16M of data each (each has 8x 16M Flash ROMs, there's 4 SIMMs plugged in on this board). SIMMs on the right w/ 8M each (there's 4 Flash ROMs on each board and there are 2 SIMMs plugged in)
OSC : 60MHz. 42.9545MHz, XTAL 3.6864MHz.

Players : 2
Control : 8-Way Joystick

TRIVIA

JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken was released in December 1998 in Japan. It is known outside Japan as "JoJo's Venture".

The game is based on the 3rd story of the manga from Araki Hirohiko.

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TIPS AND TRICKS

* Play as Dio : At the character select screen do the following to make Dio appear...
highlight Alessy and press START
highlight D'Bo and press START
highlight Chaca and press START
highlight Milder and press START (x3)

* Play as Shadow Dio : At the character select screen do the following to make Shadow Dio appear...
highlight Alessy and press START
highlight D'Bo and press START
highlight Chaca and press START
highlight Milder and press START (x3)
highlight Dio and press START (x10)

* Play as Young Joseph : Enter the following at the character select for Young Joseph...
highlight Jotaro and press START
highlight Polnareff and press START
highlight Joseph and press START
highlight Kakyoin and press START
highlight Iggi and press START
highlight Avdol and press START
highlight joseph and press & hold START until Young Joseph appears.

* Unlock time release characters : To unlock the time release characters all at once, you need access to the machine's test menu. From there, go to Configuration, then Game, and enter the following code. A sound will confirm it. P1 Up, Down, Right, Left, Button 1, Button 2, Button 3, Button 4

SERIES

1. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken (1998)
2. JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken - Mirai e no Isan (1999)

STAFF

Planner: Obata Shinichiro, Yoshifumi Fukuda (Yo CC Fukuda), Ohashi Mamoru
Programmer: Tomohiro Ueno, Batayon, Hideo Sako (HDO), T. Kimoto (Dress), Y. Inada (INE), Oh!Ya!, Yoji Mikami (GM009p)
Scroll Design: Nakatsuka, Kisabon, Morisaki Chiezou, Inoyan, Kanno, Yamasan, Kajita
Object Design: Ball Boy, Q, Kaname, Tsuyoshi, Fujii & Peliko, Ahogen hiroshi, Narancia, Tatsuya Oshima, Yoshihiro Goda, Shiniya M, Mizuho, M. Katagiri
Design Works: Ukabin, Da-Uchi, Sakomizu
Music Compose: Yuko Takehara, Setsuo Yamamoto
Sound Design: Moe-T (MIGYA), E. Masayuki (UP-TAIL)
Voice Actor: Egawa Hisao, Ohkawa Tohru, Ohtsuka Yoshitada, Kishi Yuji, Tareki Tsutomu, Chiba Isshin, Nagasako Takashi, Nagasawa Miki, Madono Mitsuaki, Yanada Kiyoyuki
Producer: Kouji Nakajima
General Producer: Noritaka Funamizu
Executive Producer: Yoshiki Okamoto

PORTS

For ports released outside Japan, please see the Export version entry; "JoJo's Venture".

CONSOLES:
japan Sony PlayStation (oct.14, 1999) "JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken [Model SLPS-02236]"
japan Sony PlayStation (jan.25, 2001) "JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken [CapKore] [Model SLPS-86721]"

SOURCES

Game's ROM.
Game's screenshots.
Official website: http://www.capcom.co.jp/newproducts/arcade/jojo/index.html