Hamster has revealed that the next entry in its long-running Arcade Archives series is going to be Jaleco's Rod Land.
Known in Japan as Yousei Monogatari Rod Land, this 1990 release shares similarities with Taito's Bubble Bobble. Lead characters Tam and Rit (player 1 and 2 respectively) zap enemies with a magic rod, but this doesn't kill them – instead, they are simply stunned and the player has to slam them into the floor to dispatch them completely.
The key difference between Rod Land and other titles of this type is that jumping isn't possible; instead, the player must utilise a series of ladders to navigate each level.
Like so many successful arcade machines in the early '90s, Rod Land was ported to a wide range of home formats, including the NES, Game Boy and Amiga.
The game will launch this Thursday globally, at a cost of €6.99 / £6.29 / $7.99.
[source perfectly-nintendo.com]
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Awesome, one of my all time fav games, be good to have this on my Switch !
I might pick this one up, just for how adorable it looks.
I love this game!
@KayFiOS Haha, I was thinking the same and you just know a game with this aesthetic has good music too!
Looks cool.
I've lately been hooked on Arcade Archives games, especially two by Irem: Moon Patrol and X-Multiply. These Hamster people are doing God's work.
Totally up for this.
If they want to get working on an arcade perfect port of Rainbow Islands next that'd be greeeeat.
I'm gonna take ur mom to Rod Land
Oh hey, I remember seeing these characters in Soldam
@WaveWitch The icons bother me way more. They would have so much of my money if these icons would not look so cheap.
@KillerBOB I was trying to come up with a pun myself but could not figure one out. Glad you did.
Loving the look of this hopefully its got online (or at least local) for the 2 player mode
YES! This looks like a lot of fun. Love the arcade archives works.
@Damo Funny you say no jumping. The NES version specifically added a (optional) jump button. I heard it even added some side-scroller levels utilizing it.
Apparently this had a tagline back in the day, at least in EU marketing, of "So cute, it'll make you puke."
Not sure if the arcade version had it or it was just the NES that had a story in some usual bad English like saying the player's mom is captured in "MABOOT IS TOWER".
@Yanina I'm simpler than you. I simply transposed consonants: the first letters of the two protagonists' names.
Awesome news, such a great game. I played this a lot of my brothers’ Amiga growing up and have really fond memories!
Bloody hell this is a fun little game. I was thinking how I could play this again just the other day after ‘The Retro Future’ did a slightly lame review of the Gameboy version. I loved this on my Amiga 500. Yes I’m old.
Great little game, had it on the C64 which was a decent conversion back then
Oh brill! Decent game his
Absolutely getting this. I always wanted it back in the day but could never find a copy for the Amiga. Now I can get the arcade version.
@WaveWitch Yes the Sega Ages releases where / are amazing. I even bought some games that I knew nothing about just because they where released in that lineup.
Ah... one of my favorite games back in the day. I have this game on the Commodore Amiga, which basically is the best version, besides the arcade version, obviously. Fond memories, for sure.
This one goes to my wishlist too. The Fairyland Story before. And eventually Bubble Bobble will come.
They're not going to do Raiden before the end times.
I wish Hamster would install an option for Player 1 to play as Player 2 (and vice versa) in games like this where the character depends on the player. Nintendo should do that too for the NES and SNES apps.
@Beaucine Ahhh Moon Patrol! What a classic! Never forget the first time I saw it in the arcades. Later bought the Atari 5200 cart and was a pretty darn good port. Great game!
@joey302
It's a gem! I discovered it a few weeks ago after following some positive word-of-mouth here.
I love Rod Lands it’s the only pcb I own for my vartek cadet Jamma cab. The joystick has broke so I can’t play but so Rodlands is a day one buy for me.
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