Lost In Translation/KiKiKaiKai
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| KiKiKaiKai | |
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| Manufacturer | Taito Corporation |
| Released | 1986 |
| Control Method | 8-way Joystick 2 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | (3x) Z80 (@ 6.000 MHz) Z80 (@ 6.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Mono YM2203 (@ 3.000 MHz) |
| Video Details | Raster (Vertical) 256 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 256 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 11 ROMs 428,800 bytes (418.75 KiB) |
| MAME ID | kikikai ยท knightb |
Contents |
About The Game
A platform game where you fight ghosts and zombies and other creatures of the afterlife.
Additional Technical Information
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 2
Trivia
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'Strange Old Story of Mystery World'.
This game is also known as "Knight Boy".
The main character is actually a Shinto priestess (as is Miko from "Tengai"). Her main weapons are 'o-fuda', which are talismans that she shoots. She also has a purification rod that she uses to swipe at enemies up close.
Tips and tricks
- Secret characters : when 'Game Over' screen appears, hold UP key until the screen change. The bear (kuma) and the valley (tani) should appear on the title screen. It means that this game have been developed by Taito Kumagaya (kuma + tani) Laboratory. And if you start the game when these characters are displayed, on life is added to your play (3 by default, the game should start with 4 lives).
- Wave a flag at a lamp post with a red orb inside it and you will get a powerup.
- There are several types of letters or messages :
White - increase range
Red - increse firepower
Yellow - big letters
- You can also pick up 'eggs' along the way. These eggs are activated by hitting fire & flag at the same time.
Blue - freezes all monsters for a given period of time, also those off screen.
Yellow - kill everything on screen.
- The 'gremlins' don't kill you but they slow you down. You can lose them by running around a lamppost.
Series
1. KiKiKaiKai (1986)
2. KikiKaiKai - Nazo no Kuro Manto (1992, Nintendo Super Famicom)
3. KikiKaiKai - Tukiyozoushi (1994, Nintendo Super Famicom)
4. KikiKaiKai Advance (2001, Nintendo Game Boy Advance)
Staff
Author : Hisaya Yabusaki
Programmer : Kazutomo Ishida, Daisuke Sasaki
Character Designer : Nenko Nishimura, Kazuya Mikata
Sound Effector : Naoto Yagishita
Music Composer : Hisayoshi Ogura
Director : Mikio Hatano
Cabinet and Artwork
 KiKiKaiKai flyer. |
Ports
- Consoles
- NEC PC-Engine (1990)
- Nintendo Famicom ("Kiki Kaikai - Dotouhen")
- Nintendo Super Famicom (1992, "Kiki Kaikai - Dotouhen")
- Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Taito Memories Vol. 1")
- Microsoft XBOX (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
- Sony PlayStation 2 (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
- Computers
- PC [CD-ROM] (2006, "Taito Legends 2")
