VASUM, an unreleased Mega Drive game: | |
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This one was announced as "Dando" at the Tokyo Toy Show of 1990. It's a hack-and-slash action game verrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry reminiscent of Legendary Axe on the PCE/TG-16. It's no surprise, as this game was developed by the same company as Legendary Axe (and Astyanax, another Axe clone):Aicom*. Both Axe and Astyanax were directed and designed by Tokuhiro Takemori, and I suspect Vasum was too. Anyway, the scanned article above doesn't say anything interesting. You have your usual medieval action-RPG, allowing you to level-up your character, use magic, etc. The player walks around an overhead map, and when he enters a town or an action scene, the game changes to a side-view. |
Above is a beautiful canvas-style advertisement for Vasum. It's a real shame this one didn't come out, as it looks like the producers infused the game with atmosphere. *And the phonetic title shows us this game should be pronunced the same as "Shazam!" |
Some more screenshots of Vasum, from a July Famicom Tsushin. We can really see the Legendary Axe connection in the first forest screenshot!
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GAIARES, looking slightly different:
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