Lost In Translation/Pirate Ship Higemaru
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| Pirate Ship Higemaru | |
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| Manufacturer | Capcom |
| Released | 1984 |
| Control Method | 4-way Joystick 1 Button(s) |
| Main CPU | Z80 (@ 4.000 MHz) |
| Sound CPU | Mono (2x) AY-3-8910A (@ 1.500 MHz) |
| Video Details | Raster (Horizontal) 256 x 224 pixels 60.00 Hz 32 Palette colours |
| Screens | 1 |
| ROM Info | 12 ROMs 58,400 bytes (57.03 KiB) |
| MAME ID | higemaru |
Contents |
About The Game
Take on the role of Momotaro who must launch barrels at enemies to stop the evil Higemaru pirates.
Additional Technical Information
Players : 2
Control : 4-way joystick
Buttons : 1
Trivia
Released in September 1984.
This game features one of the first game soundtracks composed by Tamayo Kawamoto, who made also other Capcom 80's BGM. She now works at Taito : she's a member of Zuntata, the popular (well, in Japan) Taito band where she plays keyboards.
Series
1. Higemaru - Pirate Ship (1984)
2. Higemaru Makaijima - Nanatsu no Shima Daibouken (1987, Nintendo Famicom)
Staff
Staff : Tokuro Fujiwara, Toshio Arima, T. Hara, Y. Maki, Ayano Mori, K. Kamimori, H. Fujinaka, Yoshiki Okamoto, R. Miyamoto
Music composed by : Tamayo Kawamoto
Cabinet and Artwork
 Pirate Ship Higemaru flyer. |
 Back of the Pirate Ship Higemaru flyer. |
Ports
- Consoles
- Sony PlayStation (1998, "Capcom Generation 3")
- Sega Saturn (1998, "Capcom Generation 3")
- Sony PlayStation 2 (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection")
- Microsoft XBOX (2005, "Capcom Classics Collection")
- Sony PSP (2006, "Capcom Classics Collection Reloaded")
- Computers
- MSX2
