Gundam

a.k.a. ガンダム / ガンダムゲームPART.1

created and published by Kohgakusha in 1980-08-10, running on NEC PC8001

type: shooter
genre: Science Fiction
series: Mobile Suit Gundam
perspective: 1st person
player options: single player

languages: jpn

Personal review

The very first Gundam computer game came as a type-in program in the Japanese book "Micon no Hon #1" (lit: Microcomputer Book #1). The player has to shoot enemy mobile suits to gather points. Quite simple concept, but thats OK for a game from 1980. The title screen looks beautiful, the mobile suit models are hardly recognizable. But the really bad factor is the very slow gameplay. Everything runs in slow-motion. Just not fun to play.