Arcade Video game published 33 years ago:
Knight Boy (c) 1986 Taito.
A platform game where you fight ghosts and zombies and other creatures of the afterlife.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : (2x) Zilog Z80 (@ 6 Mhz), Motorola M68705 (@ 2 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2203 (@ 3 Mhz)
Players : 2
Control : 8-way Joystick
Buttons : 2
- TRIVIA -
Released in October 1986.
This game is also known as "KiKiKaiKai".
- TIPS AND TRICKS -
* Secret characters : when the 'Game Over' screen appears, hold the UP key until the screen changes. The bear (kuma) and the valley (tani) should appear on the title screen. It means that this game has been developed by Taito Kumagaya (kuma + tani) Laboratory. And if you start the game when these characters are displayed, one life is added to your play (3 by default, so the game should start with 4 lives).
* Wave a flag at a lamp post with a red orb inside it and you will get a powerup.
* There are several types of letters or messages :
White - increase range
Red - increase firepower
Yellow - big letters
* You can also pick up 'eggs' along the way. These eggs are activated by hitting fire & flag at the same time.
Blue - freezes all monsters for a given period of time, also those off screen.
Yellow - kill everything on screen.
* The 'gremlins' don't kill you but they slow you down. You can lose them by running around a lamppost.
- CONTRIBUTE -
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