Software:Ordyne

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Short description: 1988 video game

Ordyne
Japanese arcade flyer
Developer(s)Namco
Publisher(s)
Composer(s)Shinji Hosoe
Platform(s)Arcade, TurboGrafx-16
ReleaseArcade
  • JP: September 1988
TurboGrafx-16
  • JP: September 8, 1989
  • NA: March 1990
Genre(s)Horizontal-scrolling shooter
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer
Arcade systemNamco System 2

Script error: The function "nihongo_foot" does not exist. is a 1988 horizontal scrolling shooter video game developed and published by Namco for arcades. It was released only in Japan in September 1988, though a port to the TurboGrafx-16 was released in 1989 and internationally in March 1990 by NEC.[1][2]

Gameplay

A screenshot from the arcade version, showing Yūichirō confronting the game's first boss.

The players take control of the genius scientist Yuichiro Tomari and his Chinese assistant Sunday Chin as they attempt to rescue Tomari's fiancée, Kana Aibara from the evil Dr. Kubota and his army of robotic minions. The enemies all follow preset patterns, and killing a group of smaller ones or a larger one leaves crystals behind that can be collected and exchanged for special weapons, extra lives, and even more crystals at a shop or by defeating a robot. This game has a total of seven levels, and a boss is fought at the end of each one. One hit will kill Yūichirō and Sunday, unless either of them has a power-up cameo appearance of Pac-Man which can tank one hit for the characters.

Reception

Reception
Review scores
PublicationScore
Famitsu28/40[3]
IGN7/10[4]
Nintendo Life7/10[5]
PC Engine FAN22.54/30[6]
Power Play[7]
TurboPlay7/10[8]

In Japan, Game Machine listed Ordyne as the second most successful table arcade unit of October 1988.[9]

Legacy

The game was included in Namco Museum Volume 4 for the Sony PlayStation. The TurboGrafx-16 version was released on the Wii's Virtual Console in 2007. Hamster Corporation released the arcade version outside Japan for the first time as part of their Arcade Archives series for the Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4 in October 2022.[10]

Notes

References

  1. ↑ Akagi, Masumi (October 13, 2006) (in ja). アーケードTVゲームリスト国内•海外編(1971-2005). Japan: Amusement News Agency. p. 52. ISBN 978-4990251215. 
  2. ↑ "Availability Update". Computer Entertainer 9 (1): p. 16. April 1990. https://archive.gamehistory.org/item/17157094-bc0c-45b7-8447-d4e398ee6a1c. 
  3. ↑ "オーダイン (PCE)" (in ja). Famitsu (Kadokawa Corporation). https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=7063&redirect=no. Retrieved 14 June 2020. 
  4. ↑ M. Thomas, Lucas (7 May 2007). "Ordyne (Virtual Console) (Wii)". IGN. http://wii.ign.com/articles/786/786109p1.html. 
  5. ↑ "Ordyne Review (TG-16)". Gamer Network. 8 May 2007. https://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/tg16/ordyne. 
  6. ↑ "10月号特別付録 PCエンジンオールカタログ'93" (in ja). PC Engine FAN. 6. Tokuma Shoten. 1 October 1993. p. 72. 
  7. ↑ "Videospiele - Ordyne" (in de). Power Play. Markt & Technik. February 1990. p. 66. https://www.kultpower.de/archiv/heft_powerplay_1990-02. 
  8. ↑ "Closer Look - Ordyne". TurboPlay. Larry Flynt Publications. p. 22. http://archives.tg-16.com/TURBOPLAY/TP-01-22.jpg. 
  9. ↑ "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (Amusement Press) (343): 25. 1 November 1988. 
  10. ↑ Hagues, Alana (2022-11-03). "Nintendo Download: 3rd November (North America)" (in en-GB). https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2022/11/nintendo-download-3rd-november-north-america. 



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