Game Classification

Gaiares Telenet Japan, Telenet Japan (Japan), 1990  

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Classification

VIDEO GAME

Keywords

Action - Futuristic - Scrolling shooter - Shooter

Purpose

Besides play, this title features the following intents:
  • Storytelling

Market

This title is used by the following domains:
  • Entertainment

Audience

This title targets the following audience:
 Age : 12 to 16 years old / 17 to 25 years old
General Public

Gameplay

The gameplay of this title is Game-based
(designed with stated goals)

The core of gameplay is defined by the rules below:
AVOID : explanation of this brick MATCH : explanation of this brick DESTROY : explanation of this brick MOVE : explanation of this brick SHOOT : explanation of this brick
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Gaiares Gaiares (pronounced Guy-R-S) is a Japanese style side-scrolling space shooter released in 1990 by Telenet Japan for the Sega Mega Drive System and subsequently for its American counterpart, the Sega Genesis. It came into the video game scene at a time when this genre was immensely popular. Competition was fierce with franchised games like Thunder force II, R-Type and Gradius, so it had to distinguish itself with a unique weapon system. Still, only the more hardcore shooter fans may have recognized Gaiares in this crowded space. The name is supposedly a combination of Gaia (the Greek goddess of earth) and Ares (the Greek god of war), which relates to the battle taking place within the storyline. [source:wikipedia]

Distribution : Retail - Commercial
Platform(s) : Genesis (Megadrive)

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