Jesus: Kyoufu no Bio Monster

a.k.a. ジーザス恐怖のバイオモンスター / ジーザス　恐怖のバイオ・モンスター / Jesus

published by King Records in 1989-03-17, developed by Chunsoft, running on Nintendo Entertainment System

type: adventure
genre: Science Fiction, Manga
setting: Future
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player

languages: jpn

3.5/5

Personal review

In 2061, there has as yet been no contact with extraterrestrial lifeforms. Recently, however, some sort of life had been detected in Halley's Comet - which is oddly headed straight for Earth's solar system. The nations of Earth (or at least the United States, Japan, Italy, France, Germany, China, Brazil, and the Soviet Union) quickly band together to form an elite group of astronauts to investigate. They are to launch in two separate ships from the skylab 'Jesus' and take a sample from the comet, analyze it, and the nations will decide what to do from there. On the same day that the first ship, the appropriately named 'Comet', harvests gas from the comet, it stops responding. The captain of the second ship sends you to investigate. The story that follows is one that is somewhat predictable, but it arrives at that point via so many appropriately-done twists and turns that the player will always keep guessing. Some of the scenes in the game are so well-done they have to be seen (and heard) in order to have the full effect.