Blazing Lazers

aka: Gunhed

Moby ID: 17635

Released

July 7th, 1989 on TurboGrafx-16

Credits

26 people

Releases by Date (by platform)

Publishers

Developers

Moby Score

8.2

#1,052 of 165K

Critics

86% (20)

Players

(19)

Ranking

#1 on TurboGrafx-16
#305 on Wii

Collected By

43 players

Genre: Action
Perspective: Top-down
Gameplay: Shooter
Setting: Sci-fi / futuristic
Misc: Licensed

TurboGrafx-16 Specs

Number of Players Supported: 1 Player

Description official descriptions

Blazing Lazers is a top-down shooter featuring 9 levels of varied and fast-paced action. The story here is the usual save-the-world variety. You must pilot your ship against 8 super-weapons and ultimately destroy the menace once and for all.

The power-up system in Blazing Lazers deserves special mention. There are four main types of weapons, and each type of weapon can be upgraded several times to produce an incredible amount of firepower. In addition, there are secondary weapons systems that provide you with shields, homing missiles, multi-fire units, or super weapon power.

Spellings

ガンヘッド - Japanese spelling

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Credits (TurboGrafx-16 version)

26 People (20 developers, 6 thanks) · View all

Programmer	Takayuki Hirono (Jemini Hirono) Tomotoshi Nakamori (Pochi Nakamori)
Designer	Kōji Teramoto (Janus Teramoto) Hiromichi Sueyoshi (Zash.Pri.Pri) Kazuyuki Nakashima (Nakashima Puppy)
Composer	Masatomo Miyamoto (Miyamo) J.T.S Masanobu Tsukamoto (Mats) Sydon Inoue (Sydon) Ozono Keiji Takeuchi (Takeuchi)
Director	Mikio Ueyama Tadayuki Kawada Masamitsu Niitani (Moo Niitani)
Producer	Hidetoshi Endō (Hidethoshi Endo) Eiji Aoyama
Special Thanks	Best Friends in Sapporo John Greiner (John A. Greiner) Rice Grounds Kōji Mizuta (Mizutan) Yuichi Toyama (Healthy Toyama) and you!
Cooperator	Compile
(c) 1989	Hudson Soft Toho/Sunrise
[ full credits ]

Reviews

Critics

Average score: 86% (based on 20 ratings)

Players

Average score: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 19 ratings with 0 reviews)

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Trivia

Japanese Virtual Console and PlayStation Network re-releases

Due to possible licensing issues, the versions of the game released on the Japanese Virtual Console and the PlayStation Network's PC Engine Archives line-up are the American version.