Butasan

39 Years old Arcade Video game JALECO Co., Ltd. [Japan]

Butasan screenshot

Butasan © 1987 Jaleco.

Control a pig and blow up other pigs. The simple gameplay is as tasty as a bacon sandwich! Vegetarians beware! :)

TECHNICAL

Main CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 5 Mhz)
Sound Chips : (2x) Yamaha YM2203 (@ 1.5 Mhz)

Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 54.00 Hz
Palette colors : 768

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

TRIVIA

Butasan was released in August 1987. Produced by Jaleco under license from NMK.

The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Mister Pig'.

An English version was also found, although the English version still shows a "For Japan Only" warning all text was translated into English. The title was changed to "Pig's & Bomber's" in the English version although the title screen still shows Butasan (in Japanese) above it.

Soundtrack releases :
Game Sound Jaleco -G.S.M. Jaleco 1- [Pony Canyon / Scitron D28B0003 - Aug 21, 1988]

STAFF
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Hardware : Yousuke Maki
Software : Tamio Makasato
Sound : Taeko Suzuki
Design & Planning : Maoko Magamime
PORTS
CONSOLES

flag Sony PS4 [PSN] (mar.12, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Butasan [Model CUSA-01823]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] flag (jul.14, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Buta San [Model CUSA-00991]"
Sony PlayStation 4 [PSN] flag flag (oct.6, 2015) "Arcade Archives - Buta san [Model CUSA-02660]"

COMPUTERS

flag Commodore C64 flag (1988) Psycho Pigs UXB
flag Amstrad CPC (1988) Psycho Pigs UXB
flag Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1988) Psycho Pigs UXB
flag Sharp X68000 (oct.29, 1993) Psycho Pigs UXB
SOURCES
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Game's ROMs.
Game's screenshots.