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Asuka and Maya are typical high-school students living in Tokyo. Even though their parents were archaeologists, they lived a rather mundane life. But then one day, the same ominous dream that the two siblings were having lately suddenly became a reality. The seven monsters that sunk down the land...

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Developer
Konami

Released on
1991

Size
1–2 Players

Version
NES

Requirements
Nintendo Entertainment System

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ESRB Rating
Not Rated

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Asuka and Maya are typical high-school students living in Tokyo. Even though their parents were archaeologists, they lived a rather mundane life. But then one day, the same ominous dream that the two siblings were having lately suddenly became a reality. The seven monsters that sunk down the land of Atlantis and destroyed most of the ancient civilizations 10,000 years ago has suddenly revived.
Modern weapons were no use against the strange weapons of Atlantis. The entire world was engulfed in the flames of war and it did not take long for the hands of evil to reach Japan.

Asuka and Maya’s parents, who were caught in an attack, revealed the truth to their children during their dying moment – they were not Asuka and Maya’s true parents. During an archaeological trip on a deserted island 17 years ago, the couple discovered an Aurawing, an aircraft built by the ancient Mu civilization. Inside the aircraft there was a life-support system containing a pair of infants. Indeed, Asuka and Maya were actually the children of a brave warrior from Mu who fought against Atlantis 10,000 years ago.

Asuka and Maya, now awakened to their true destiny, are the only hope mankind has against Atlantis. The siblings board on their respective Aurawing ships, each possessing a mystical power, as they fly off to a continent shrouded in dark clouds.

Crisis Force

Overview & History

Released exclusively in Japan by Konami in 1991 for the Famicom, *Crisis Force* is a technical masterpiece that pushes Nintendo's 8-bit hardware to absolute breaking limits. Serving as a late-generation swan song for the console, the game abandons traditional military sci-fi tropes in favor of a bizarre, bio-mechanical storyline where a futuristic city is assaulted by a mysterious, ancient demonic entity known as the Seven Devil Engines. Konami utilized custom MMC5 chips to deliver pseudo-3D scaling effects, massive sprite explosions, and multi-layered scrolling that rivaled early 16-bit titles.

Gameplay Features & Mechanics

Unlike standard vertical scrolling shooters, *Crisis Force* allows players to dynamically switch between four distinct ships on the fly: a nimble fighter, a heavy-hitting twin-shot craft, a wide-area laser spread ship, and a devastating shield-bearing unit. Each vessel features a unique power-up evolution tree, collected via glowing items dropped by downed enemy armadas. A standout mechanic is the simultaneous transformation feature; collecting specific tokens allows the two active player ships to dock and merge into a colossal, screen-clearing super mecha that unleashes devastating homing missiles and temporary invulnerability, adding tactical depth to boss encounters.