is a side-scrolling

Side-scrolling video game

A side-scrolling game or side-scroller is a video game in which the gameplay action is viewed from a side-view camera angle, and the onscreen characters generally move from the left side of the screen to the right. These games make use of scrolling computer display technology...

 shooter

Shoot 'em up

Shoot 'em up is a subgenre of shooter video games. In a shoot 'em up, the player controls a lone character, often in a spacecraft or aircraft, shooting large numbers of enemies while dodging their attacks. The genre in turn encompasses various types or subgenres and critics differ on exactly what...

 arcade game

Arcade game

An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...

 that was released by Namco

Namco

is a Japanese corporation best known as a former video game developer and publisher. Following a merger with Bandai in September 2005, the two companies' game production assets were spun off into Namco Bandai Games on March 31, 2006. Namco Ltd. was re-established to continue domestic operation of...

 in 1990 only in Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. It runs on Namco System 1

Namco System 1

The Namco System 1 arcade system board was first used by Namco in April 1987 and was a major enhancement to the previous Namco System 86 arcade system board. Due to its release date, it was originally called Namco System 87 according to the Namco Museum series.Yokai Douchuuki was the first game to...

 hardware. It is a spin-off of Bravoman

Bravoman

Bravoman, known in Japan as , sometimes referred to as Berabow Man is a 1988 platformer/beat-em-up hybrid arcade game developed and released by Namco for the arcades only in Japan. It was later ported to the NEC TurboGrafx-16 in 1990. This version was also released outside of Japan simply as Bravoman...

, as the titular character appeared in that game as a boss-type enemy. This game was never released in the United States

United States

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, due to its slightly questionable content.

Gameplay

The player controls Pistol Daimyo, a little Japanese lord who has a pistol strapped to his head and fans on his feet. He faces to the right of the screen and the background scrolls to the left, bringing enemies into view. The player tries to destroy enemies for points and powerups. Pressing the button makes his pistol fire a tiny shot; holding down the button charges the pistol, and upon releasing the button the pistol shoots a bigger cannonball. Even the smallest enemies take multiple hits, so the standard shot is of little use. When Pistol Daimyo is hit without any armor, he dies and players have to watch him do a naked dance in which he uses his fans to hide his shame. Also, upon completion of the game, he is seen dancing fully clothed in front of a picture of some strange-looking Japanese people on a beach. This game also features voice samples in Japanese

Japanese language

is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities. It is a member of the Japonic language family, which has a number of proposed relationships with other languages, none of which has gained wide acceptance among historical linguists .Japanese is an...

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External links

• Pistol Daimyo no Bōken at arcade-history