Tänzer is a homebrew action title inspired by games like Strider, OSman and Hagane: The Final Conflict, the art of Keita Amemiya and Roger Dean, and anime series like Guyver. The protagonist is a ballet dancer who is unexpectedly hit by a bright purple light at night in an apartment, just a week before the premiere of the ballet version of The Ariane. After the character wakes up the body is transformed and the world is in chaos. Each level has a different setting, ranging from the Old West to Ancient Rome. Levels are made up of several stages with mini bosses and then a large boss at the end of the level, acting as the guardian of that era.
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Last but certainly not least, its whats probably the best game of the pack and one of the biggest hidden gems of the Evercade so far, this is an absolute blast of a game that feels heavily like Strider mixed in with Shadow of the Beast (as odd of a combination that is). It is a pretty difficult game at times and the fact that you do only have one life (albiet with purchasable checkpoints) makes this a rough one if you want to play without assists.
I honestly recommend playing with the Evercade's saves though, at least on a first time run, then ease into trying to 1 credit clear the lot.
Last but certainly not least, its whats probably the best game of the pack and one of the biggest hidden gems of the Evercade so far, this is an absolute blast of a game that feels heavily like Strider mixed in with Shadow of the Beast (as odd of a combination that is). It is a pretty difficult game at times and the fact that you do only have one life (albiet with purchasable checkpoints) makes this a rough one if you want to play without assists.
I honestly recommend playing with the Evercade's saves though, at least on a first time run, then ease into trying to 1 credit clear the lot.
Crazy hybrid of Strider, Guyver, and a western. Besides Treasure's output on the Genesis Tanzer has quite possibly some of the tightest controls for a game on the console and trust me you'll need them with how brutal the difficulty gets. If there is one flaw Tanzer has it's the lives system. Whereas most games have a traditional three life or continue system Tanzer instead opts for giving the player one life with the ability to purchase a checkpoint any time when they reach the ingame shop between stages. While this may seem advantageous at first the real flaw comes with the price of upgrades and the checkpoints, the majority of the time you'll only be able to afford one or the other meaning it's either going back at least one whole stage when you die or not get any fun new powerups to toy with. If you're able to put up with an incredibly punishing difficulty Tanzer is absolutely one of the best homebrew games on the console as of this review and I'm greatly anticipating the next game by Mikael Tillander.