Video game · 1988
Heavy Unit
Released 1 February 1988 on arcade video game machine, TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine and Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
About Heavy Unit
Heavy Unit is a side scrolling shoot-em-up arcade game developed by Kaneko and published by Taito in 1988. It was ported to the PC Engine and Sega Mega Drive by Taito and was released on December 22, 1989. There was also a Mega Drive port by Toho entitled "Heavy Unit: Mega Drive Special" released on December 26, 1990. The player takes control of a star ship that can transform in to a mecha by obtaining a specific type of power up. Set in 2013, mankind's first artificial star and planet, "Le Tau", is under attack from genetically modified alien monsters.
Summary: IGDB.
Release dates
| arcade video game machine | 1 February 1988 |
|---|---|
| TurboGrafx-16 / PC Engine | 22 December 1989 |
| Sega Genesis / Mega Drive | later, date unknown |
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