Varia Metal

31 Years old Arcade Video game Excellent System, Ltd. [Japan]

TECHNICAL

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 16 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 10 Khz), ES8712 (@ 12 Khz)

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

TRIVIA

Varia Metal was released in April 1995 in Japan.

Licensed to New Way Trading for manufacture and distribution.

Varia Metal was supposed to be released in Japan but the game was much worse than the other shoot-em-ups. So, only prototype of the game were available in Japan.

UPDATES

The Japanese prototype has Japanese voices and storyline.

STAFF

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Programmers : K Ishiguri, F Satou, Unko
Producers : T Yamanaka, D Yamada, K Osabe
Graphic designers : T Yamanaka, S Iwaya, T Kanou, D Yamada, M Tezuka
Sound : T Inoue

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).