Baraduke
1985 · Run and Gun · Arcade
Overview
Baraduke (1985) is Namco's run-and-gun through 48 floors, whose ending revealed its space-suited hero as a woman a year before Metroid.
Deep Dive
A space-suited fighter — Kissy for player one, Takky for player two — works through eight worlds of five floors and a boss floor each, 48 in all. Destroying the Octy enemies opens the pipe to the next floor, and rescuing the one-eyed Paccets earns points and a chance at an extra shield in bonus games. The bosses include the Blue Worm, the Turning Eye and, in the last world, the Octy King.
Developer Story
Yukio Takahashi designed the game, and Namco released it in Japan in May 1985. Baraduke II followed in Japan in 1988.
Did You Know?
- In North America it was released as Alien Sector.
- Kissy later appeared in Mr. Driller and Namco × Capcom.
Sources & further reading
- Baraduke — Wikipedia
