Genpei Tōma Den

aka: Arcade Archives: Genpei Tōma Den, Arcade Archives: The Genji and the Heike Clans, The Genji and The Heike Clans

Moby ID: 39571

Released

October 1986 on Arcade

Credits

5 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Namco Limited

Moby Score: n/a
Critics: 42% (2)
Players: (5)
Collected By: 10 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Side view
Top-down
Gameplay: Arcade
Platform
Setting: Fantasy
Narrative: Horror

Description official descriptions

In the year 1192, the darkness of the Minamoto clan has come and is spreading across Japan. The country is being ravaged, and only one man of the lost Heike clan can return from the depths of hell to put a stop to it. His name is Taira no Kagekiyo.

The story of Genpei Tōma Den ostensibly revolves around the historical Genpei War from Japanese history, and involves Taira no Kagekiyo fighting the evil Minamoto no Yoritomo and the Minamoto clan across Japan.

The game features three modes of play: "side mode", a small-scale action platforming section; "big mode", a large-scale fighting section comparable to the Taito coin-op Gladiator; and "flat mode", an overhead-view section. In all three sections the goal is to destroy enemies, collect items, and reach the end before the life bar (represented by burning candles) runs out.

Spellings

アーケードアーカイブス源平討魔伝 - Japanese PS4 / Switch spelling
源平討魔伝 - Japanese spelling

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Credits (Arcade version)

5 People

Production (制作)	Ryōichi Ōkubo (大久保良一)
Scenario (脚本)	Yukio Takahashi (高橋由鬼夫) Ryōichi Ōkubo (大久保良一) Norio Nakagata (中潟憲雄)
Art (美術)	Nobuhiko Abe (阿部信彦) Yukio Takahashi (高橋由鬼夫) Satoru Anada (穴田悟)
Music (音楽)	Norio Nakagata (中潟憲雄)

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Critics

Average score: 42% (based on 2 ratings)

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Average score: 2.0 out of 5 (based on 5 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Game added by j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】.

Wii, Arcade added by Michael Cassidy. Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 added by Rik Hideto. Sharp X68000 added by Kabushi.

Additional contributors: Rik Hideto, Krvavi Abadas.

Game added August 13, 2009. Last modified December 15, 2023.