Volguard II
Encyclopedia
is a Nintendo Family Computer
and Virtual Console
video game that is exclusive to Japan
. The original manufacturer's suggested retail price
of the game was 4,900 yen (approximately $30 USD). This game is a sequel to the original Volguard for the MSX
despite there being no real connection to that title.
who is trying to defend the Earth
from an evil nation
's global revolution sometime in the year 20XX. Given the assignment, the overall purpose of the game is inflitrate their base
and take out their defenses
and army
, and then kill their leader
. Enemies include a series of battle station
s, various groups of aircraft
, barrier
s, cargo planes, mechs, and other assorted enemies. Volguard II was a modified high-mobility combat mecha
developed by the distant ancestors.
s in this game). It can also be destroyed on contact. They have two locations anywhere in the shiny blue button and hit most parts of the controller's cross hit the key to annihilate the enemy in place and working as a controller this point. The manual does not list these hidden characters. The name was simply listed in the leaflet
that was issued before the product launch. The transparent capsule
-like items that appear when the player goes to a specific location or after defeating certain enemies. Ten points are added to the power supply to gauge the energy when in contact with an odd score. The capsules help to recover the player's ship even when the player's damage level is at 10% or less.
Destroying energy replenishes energy, but firing bullet
s depletes it (thus balancing the loss of ammunition with the gaining of new ammunition). Since many of the upgrades that the player can receive increases his firepower, they generally increase the degree to which the player can lose energy. Furthermore, once the player collects the second and only other craft, and join them to form a robot
. The robot moves incredibly slow, making it less worthwhile to ever join the craft together. While the player only has one life to lose throughout the entire game, he can accumulate a damage percentage of 99% (with a co-responding color bar changing from blue
to yellow
and eventually to red
) before being destroyed. Upon completing all twenty-five areas, the game restarts on a higher difficulty. There are four of these "loops".
Nintendo Entertainment System
The Nintendo Entertainment System is an 8-bit video game console that was released by Nintendo in North America during 1985, in Europe during 1986 and Australia in 1987...
and Virtual Console
Virtual console
A virtual console – also known as a virtual terminal – is a conceptual combination of the keyboard and display for a computer user interface. It is a feature of some operating systems such as UnixWare, Linux, and BSD, in which the system console of the computer can be used to switch between...
video game that is exclusive to 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...
. The original manufacturer's suggested retail price
Suggested retail price
The manufacturer's suggested retail price , list price or recommended retail price of a product is the price which the manufacturer recommends that the retailer sell the product. The intention was to help to standardise prices among locations...
of the game was 4,900 yen (approximately $30 USD). This game is a sequel to the original Volguard for the MSX
MSX
MSX was the name of a standardized home computer architecture in the 1980s conceived by Kazuhiko Nishi, then Vice-president at Microsoft Japan and Director at ASCII Corporation...
despite there being no real connection to that title.
Background
The player controls some kind of pilotAviator
An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
who is trying to defend the Earth
Earth
Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and the densest and fifth-largest of the eight planets in the Solar System. It is also the largest of the Solar System's four terrestrial planets...
from an evil nation
Nation
A nation may refer to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity, descent, and/or history. In this definition, a nation has no physical borders. However, it can also refer to people who share a common territory and government irrespective of their ethnic make-up...
's global revolution sometime in the year 20XX. Given the assignment, the overall purpose of the game is inflitrate their base
Military base
A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. In general, a military base provides accommodations for one or more units, but it may also be used as a...
and take out their defenses
Defense (military)
Defense has several uses in the sphere of military application.Personal defense implies measures taken by individual soldiers in protecting themselves whether by use of protective materials such as armor, or field construction of trenches or a bunker, or by using weapons that prevent the enemy...
and army
Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
, and then kill their leader
Leader
A leader is one who influences or leads others.Leader may also refer to:- Newspapers :* Leading article, a piece of writing intended to promote an opinion, also called an editorial* The Leader , published 1909–1967...
. Enemies include a series of battle station
Military base
A military base is a facility directly owned and operated by or for the military or one of its branches that shelters military equipment and personnel, and facilitates training and operations. In general, a military base provides accommodations for one or more units, but it may also be used as a...
s, various groups of aircraft
Fixed-wing aircraft
A fixed-wing aircraft is an aircraft capable of flight using wings that generate lift due to the vehicle's forward airspeed. Fixed-wing aircraft are distinct from rotary-wing aircraft in which wings rotate about a fixed mast and ornithopters in which lift is generated by flapping wings.A powered...
, barrier
Barrier
A barrier or barricade is a physical structure which blocks or impedes something.Barrier may also refer to:-Physical barriers:* Automatic full barriers, which serve to block roads at railway crossings...
s, cargo planes, mechs, and other assorted enemies. Volguard II was a modified high-mobility combat mecha
Mecha
A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...
developed by the distant ancestors.
Gameplay
The NES controller was very similar to the items that appear without notice (and it was considered to be one of the Easter eggEaster egg (media)
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s in this game). It can also be destroyed on contact. They have two locations anywhere in the shiny blue button and hit most parts of the controller's cross hit the key to annihilate the enemy in place and working as a controller this point. The manual does not list these hidden characters. The name was simply listed in the leaflet
Flyer (pamphlet)
__notoc__A flyer or flier, also called a circular, handbill or leaflet, is a form of paper advertisement intended for wide distribution and typically posted or distributed in public place....
that was issued before the product launch. The transparent capsule
Capsule
-Anatomy:* an eggshell* Articular capsules - every diarthrodial joint possesses a fibrous or ligamentous capsule, lined with synovial membrane, attached to the adjacent ends of the articulating bones* the sac that encloses the crystalline lens of the eye...
-like items that appear when the player goes to a specific location or after defeating certain enemies. Ten points are added to the power supply to gauge the energy when in contact with an odd score. The capsules help to recover the player's ship even when the player's damage level is at 10% or less.
Destroying energy replenishes energy, but firing bullet
Bullet
A bullet is a projectile propelled by a firearm, sling, or air gun. Bullets do not normally contain explosives, but damage the intended target by impact and penetration...
s depletes it (thus balancing the loss of ammunition with the gaining of new ammunition). Since many of the upgrades that the player can receive increases his firepower, they generally increase the degree to which the player can lose energy. Furthermore, once the player collects the second and only other craft, and join them to form a robot
Robot
A robot is a mechanical or virtual intelligent agent that can perform tasks automatically or with guidance, typically by remote control. In practice a robot is usually an electro-mechanical machine that is guided by computer and electronic programming. Robots can be autonomous, semi-autonomous or...
. The robot moves incredibly slow, making it less worthwhile to ever join the craft together. While the player only has one life to lose throughout the entire game, he can accumulate a damage percentage of 99% (with a co-responding color bar changing from blue
Blue
Blue is a colour, the perception of which is evoked by light having a spectrum dominated by energy with a wavelength of roughly 440–490 nm. It is considered one of the additive primary colours. On the HSV Colour Wheel, the complement of blue is yellow; that is, a colour corresponding to an equal...
to yellow
Yellow
Yellow is the color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M cone cells of the retina about equally, with no significant stimulation of the S cone cells. Light with a wavelength of 570–590 nm is yellow, as is light with a suitable mixture of red and green...
and eventually to red
Red
Red is any of a number of similar colors evoked by light consisting predominantly of the longest wavelengths of light discernible by the human eye, in the wavelength range of roughly 630–740 nm. Longer wavelengths than this are called infrared , and cannot be seen by the naked eye...
) before being destroyed. Upon completing all twenty-five areas, the game restarts on a higher difficulty. There are four of these "loops".
Book
- Book II mecha combat techniques Vorugado high-mobility （Tokuma Communications WeeklyTokuma Shotenis a publisher in Japan, that was established in 1954.The company was also the parent company for the film studio Daiei Motion Pictures, bought in 1974, and the record label Tokuma Japan Communications, bought in 1972, until both were sold off when Yasuyoshi Tokuma, who established this company,...
、ISBN 4-88658-002-5）