Composer(s) Takaharu Umezu Initial release date 12 March 1993 Publisher Telenet Japan | Release date(s) March 12, 1993 Developer Riot Mode Single-player video game | |
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Producer(s) Takashi Fukushima
Masayasu Yamamoto Genre(s) Side-scrolling cyberpunk action Platform Super Nintendo Entertainment System Similar Telenet Japan games, Other games | ||
Edo no Kiba (牙 エドノキバ, Edonokiba) is a Super Famicom cyberpunk action video game intended for a Japanese audience. It is Tokyo in the year 2050 where terrorists are running wild in the streets, and only one armored police officer is fast enough to hunt them down.
Gameplay
The player attacks by slashing to the right with his energy sword. He can also hold his sword defensively to deflect some bullets.
At the beginning of the game, the player starts with 99% as his health rating and can have as many as nine continues. If the player even gets lightly touched by an enemy, he gets electrocuted and loses 10% of his health. Some weapons (like the flamethrower) causes the player to automatically lose a life; acting as an "instant death" device. Players can throw the sword around like a boomerang by holding the forward button and releasing the attack button. Environments range from city streets to sewers and a flying battleship. Each level ends with a boss fight against an enemy that can withstand many attacks. Bosses have their own health bar (usually starting at 18000 hit points).
There are bizarre cameos in this game by a Bill Rizer lookalike, a robot that resembles the T-1000 from Terminator 2: Judgment Day, and an enemy that slightly resembles the Buddha. A mission even asks player to avert nuclear war by destroying the ICBMs while they're in flight to their destination.
