is a horizontal

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arcade game, which was released by

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in 1988 only in Japan. It runs on Namco System 2 hardware, and was ported to the

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in 1989, with releases in both Japan and North America. It features a cameo from Pac-Man, as the "Stock bomber shot" - and the arcade version was also included in '' Namco Museum Volume 4'' for the

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. The TurboGrafx-16 version was released on the Wii's

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on May 7, 2007 in North America and on August 21, 2007 in Japan; it is officially described by Namco as a "comical action shooter". The shopkeeper, Miyuki Chan, also appeared in a taco shop in '' Mach Breakers'' in 1994 and in a flying loudspeaker-shaped shop in ''

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'' in 2015.

Gameplay

The players take control of the genius scientist and his

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assistant as they attempt to rescue Tomari's fiancée, from the evil and his army of robotic minions. The enemies all follow preset patterns, and killing a group of smaller ones or a larger one leaves crystals behind that can be collected and exchanged for special weapons, extra lives, and even more crystals at the "Kūchū IN" run by the blue-haired woman and by firing out marbles at the extendable rotating target of the big white-handed robot . This game has a total of seven rounds, and a boss is fought at the end of each one. One hit will kill Yūichirō and Sunday, unless either of them has the "Stock bomber shot", as Pac-Man and the shield he is generating will protect them from death for one non-projectile hit. They can either earn or buy extra lives. This game also features voice samples (in

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Reception

In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''Ordyne'' on their November 1, 1988 issue as being the second most-successful table arcade unit of the month.

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