A port of Cloud Master
Classic shoot 'em up starring the Monkey King Sun Wukong. Cloud Master, or Gokuraku! Chuuka Taisen as it's known in Japan, is a horizontal shoot 'em up featuring the literary character Sun Wukong, better known as the Monkey King and the deuteragonist of the Chinese novel Journey to the West. Cloud Master was originally released in the Arcades by Taito in 1988.
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One of the most surprising things about this title is its release date. Gokuraku Chuka Taisen feels like an NES shooter as opposed to one that was released when next-gen systems were already on the market. While originally an arcade game, this release does nothing to make it better than approximately 8000 other shmups already available for PC Engine.
The enemies are samey, and the minibosses only differ in their presentations and how many bullets they shoot.
The game is a bit of an asshole, sometimes spawning enemies without any warning from any number of direction, but aside from that is ultimately very boring. Stages barely differ aside from a watery cave one which actually has some unique enemies that are thematically appropriate, and bosses, save for the last one, are easy.
It's not the worst horizontal shmup, but it feels very dated. Only worth it if you have a craving for something of its theme.
The enemies are samey, and the minibosses only differ in their presentations and how many bullets they shoot.
The game is a bit of an asshole, sometimes spawning enemies without any warning from any number of direction, but aside from that is ultimately very boring. Stages barely differ aside from a watery cave one which actually has some unique enemies that are thematically appropriate, and bosses, save for the last one, are easy.
It's not the worst horizontal shmup, but it feels very dated. Only worth it if you have a craving for something of its theme.