Arcade Video game published 27 years ago:

Guwange (c) 1999 Atlus Company, Limited.

Destroy the evil army with 3 Japanese characters and the spirits that possess them in this beautiful vertical shoot-'em-up.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID: ATC05

Cave 1st Generation Hardware

Main CPU: MC68000 (@ 16 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 [Optional] Sound Chips: Yamaha YMZ280B (@ 16.9344 Mhz) or OKIM6295 x (1 or 2) + YM2203 / YM2151 [Optional] Other: 93C46 EEPROM

Players: 2 Control: 8-Way Joystick Buttons: 3 => [A] Shoot / Spirit, [B] Bomb, [C] Auto Fire

- TRIVIA -

Developed by Cave, Guwange was released by Atlus on June 24, 1999.

The story of Guwange is set during the Muromachi period of Japan. Sorcerers in eastern Japan would predict the day's fishing catch by the appearance of a fox-like voice from the mountains. If the voice sounded 'koon koon' then there was to be a great catch. If the voice sounded 'gwange gwange' then it was to be a horrible catch. The people soon named the place of the voice 'Prison-Gate Mountain', as all who saw the origin of this voice were never seen again. The people soon began to worship this being as the god of Prison-Gate Mountain. It is said that the men later came to call it 'Lord Guwange'. The game title of 'Guwange' appears to reflect the name of this mysterious mountain voice and also the 'bad' sound that it made to predict a horrible catch.

This game was supposed to be exported to South Korea. But Korean deliberation Organization rejected this game, because it has strong Japanese things (Korean people are really anti-Japanese).

Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.

If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.

Open Play on this page to start Guwange (Japan, Master Ver. 99/06/24). Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.

Guwange (Japan, Master Ver. 99/06/24) is filed in our catalog as a 1999 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Shoot'em Up.

Credit line lists Cave as developer.

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