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Last Blade / Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi, The (set 1)

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Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(4)
Number of Players: 2
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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* JFF

* Raine


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
幕末浪漫 月華の剣士 (c) 1997 SNK Corporation.
(Bakumatsu Rouman - Gekka no Kenshi)

Japanese weapons-based fighter featuring beautiful artwork and sound. Twelve selectable characters and two end bosses.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the SNK "Neo-Geo MVS" hardware.
Game ID: NGM-234

[SNK MVS Neo-Geo Controls]
2 Players - 4 buttons per player.
=> [Joystick] 8-way, [A] Weak Slash, [B] Strong Slash, [C] Kick, [D] Repel

- TRIVIA -

Bakumatsu Rouman - Gekka no Kenshi (translates from Japanese as 'Bakumatsu Romance - Swordsman In The Moonlight') was released on December 5th, 1997.

This game is known outside Japan as 'The Last Blade' and in Korea as 'The Last Soldier'.

Parts of Gekka no Kenshi was based off of the manga 'Rurouni Kenshin'.

The Bakumatsu period of Japan (1860-1899) represents the opening of Japanese ports to foreigners. The Last Blade is set during this time period and you can see Europeans in some backgrounds, as well as some European dress influences on some characters.

This game has a lot to do with Japanese religion. In what little understanding of Japanese culture, there are four gods in Japanese mythology : Seiryuu (blue dragon), Suzaku (red phoenix), Byakko (white tiger) and Genbu. Each god is associated with a direction : Byakko with west, Seiryuu with east, Genbu with north and Suzaku in the south. The four gods also seem to be portrayed in an identical manner : Suzaku is often seen as a renegade of sorts, Genbu is often wise, Byakko seems to be strong and Seiryuu seems to be the role of the protagonist. To this end, the four characters that are avatars to these gods in Gekka no Kenshi (Kaede, Okina, Shigen and Kagami) seem to fit the gods themselves to a tee (Kaede to Seiryuu, Okina to Genbu, Shigen to Byakko and Kagami to Suzaku). However, there may be one (unintentional) reference to the entire fighting game itself. These four characters may very well represent the four popular styles of characters found in nearly fighting game :
Kaede is a Shotokan-style character. This type of character, of course, is the earliest type of fighting game character (as early fighting games always had the protagonist be proficient in some form of karate). However, ever since the release of "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior", a Shoto-character refers to a character with similar moves to that of Ryu and Ken from that game, or more specifically, a character with a projectile and a built upper. Kaede fits this property well : his Ittou Hayate is a projectile (much like Ryu's Hadou Ken) and his Ittou Kuuga is a built upper (like Ken's Shoryuu Ken). Of course, Kaede may also be a nod to that of SNK's first fighting game protagonist (Terry Bogard) as well : his Kasshin Fukuryuu super is in the style of Terry's Power Geyser. To this day, many fighting game characters are known as Shoto characters - their simplicity can't be beat.
Shigen is a large character. Large characters come generally in two flavors : the power character and the grappler (Shigen himself is a mix of both). Power characters generally don't move much but deal lots of damage per hit. Grapplers are those whose special moves are mainly throws. These characters tend to last longer because of their size, but have a weakness that they have either short range or are slow (or, in the case of some characters, overly complicated moves).
Okina may be described as a turtler. This may seem like an inside joke (Okina, in his profile, refers to his family as a bunch of turtles), but it sometimes make sense.
Jokes aside, turtlers are not exactly a type of character, but a type of player. That is, a turtler is a player who tend to block attacks a lot.
Charge characters (i.e. those whose repertoire of moves are mainly charge moves) generally fall into this category, as it is often that they need to remain in a blocking position in order to get their charges and counterattack.
Over the years, there have been many incentives to stray away from this style (as well as derivatives thereof, such as ticking), such as guard breaks, overheads, low attacks, shorter charges and unblockable moves.
Granted, the turtler is not as big as a factor as it used to be (the most popular character in "Street Fighter II - The World Warrior" was Guile because of his turtling and ticking abilities), but Okina's reference to turtles remains.
Kagami, of course, continues SNK's tradition of making cheap-ass characters for final bosses.

Akari and Juzoh are the comedic relief characters in the Gekka series : Juzoh is seen in Akari's stage if Akari is fighting (and obviously, if Akari is not fighting Juzoh). Likewise, Akari can be seen in Juzoh's stage if Juzoh is fighting (and if Juzoh isn't fighting against Akari).

Soundtrack releases :
Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi / SNK Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan - Pony Canyon / Scitron - PCCB-00287 - December 17, 1997
Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi Arrange Sound Trax / SNK Shinsekai Gakkyoku Zatsugidan - Pony Canyon / Scitron - PCCB-00301 - January 21, 1998
Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi Drama CD -Pony Canyon / Scitron - PCCB-00302 - February 04, 1998

- UPDATES -

On the AES version, Musashi and Kagami are playable characters by imputing a code. On the MVS version only Musashi can be unlocked (see Tips & tricks section for more information).

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* Play As Musashi : at the character selection screen, press C(x6), B(x3) and C(x4). You must input the correct button sequence in LESS THAN FOUR SECONDS!

* Time Attack Mode : insert a coin, hold A+B+C+D and press Start.

* Alternate Costume Colors : press Start when selecting a fighter at the character selection screen.

- SERIES -

1. Bakumatsu Rouman - Gekka no Kenshi [Model NGM-234] (1997)
2. Bakumatsu Ruoman Dai-ni Maku - Gekka no Kenshi: Tsuki ni Saku Hana, Chiriyuku Hana [Model NGM-243] (1998)

- STAFF -

Executive Producer : Hiroshi Matsumoto
Producer : Akira G.
Director : Kim-Ken, Wakama2, Swery 65%

* Front Designers :
Kaede : Tony Oki, Sumicho, Y. Kashiba, Okame Kiyoshi
Amano : Rolly (R)
Moriya : Heitarou
Musashi : Ponta
Yuki : (c)Futatsu
Akari : Pinkey
Okina : Horipu-, Gowada", Ichikawa
Shigen : Terarin.
Juzoh : S. Reiko
Shikyoh : Shige
Washizuka : H. Taniguchi
Zantetsu : S. Sasada
Kagami : Ishii303#
Lee : Yuko

* Back Designers :
Juroh Stage, Washizuka Stage : Take Pyon
Lee Stage, Kagami Stage : Muramama
Yuki Stage, Shikyo Stage : Daisuke
Moriya Stage, Zantetsu Stage : Eiko
Kaede Stage, Akari Stage : Wadamo
Amano Stage, Shigen Stage : Hidena J
Okina Stage, Musashi Stage : Simiji

Sound : Yassun, Tate Norio, Brother Hige, Zoe, Okan
Tool Staff : K. Miyazaki, M. Hashimoto, O. Daimon, T. Kanehiro, K. Hamamoto
Adjusters : Kiyoshi Asai, Game King, M-Panic!
Programmers : Yuritaro, Hiropon-MK2, Naoyan

* Demo Section :
Direction : Swery 100%
Graphics : Wadamo
Programming : Naoyan

* Voice Actors :
Musashi Akatsuki : Franky Nakamura
Hyo Amano : Akio Ohtsuka
Genbu no Okina : Shigefumi Nakai
Akari Ichijou : Mayuko Omimura
Kaede : Kouji Suizu
Shinnosuke Kagami : Makoto Awane
Juzoh Kanzaki : Tyson Ohya
Lee Rekka : Jun Hashimoto
Moriya Minakata : Jun Hashimoto
Shigen Naoe : Enma Ito
Shikyoh : Monster Maetsuka
Keiichiro Washizuka : Katsuyuki Konishi
Yuki : Hazuki Nishikawa
Zantetsu : Ohtomo Ryuzaburo

Special Thanks : 56, Shochan, Asami Don, Oh!Butch, Anne, Haruo. K, Sanpo. A, H. Shinmei, Marhie, Sike-Tune

- PORTS -

* Consoles :
SNK Neo-Geo [JP] (January 29, 1998; "Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi [Model NGH-234]")
SNK Neo-Geo [US] (January 29, 1998; "The Last Blade [Model NGH-234]")
SNK Neo-Geo CD [JP] (March 26, 1998; "Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi [Model NGCD-234]")
SNK Neo-Geo CD [US] (March 26, 1998; "The Last Blade [Model NGCD-2341]")
Sony PlayStation [JP] (February 25, 1999; "Bakumatsu Roman - Gekka no Kenshi [Model SLPM-86118]")
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (January 12, 2006; "Gekka no Kenshi 1-2 [NeoGeo Online Collection Vol.2] [Model SLPS-25503]")
Sony PlayStation 2 [JP] (June 21, 2007; "Gekka no Kenshi 1-2 [NeoGeo Online Collection The Best] [Model SLPS-25792]")
Nintendo Wii [Virtual Console] [JP] (March 13, 2012)

* Computers :
PC (2000)

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=1355&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
00000000 10E32B 00000061 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 ----------------------------------------------------------------
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Both story cheats are useful when using KAEDE, YUKI or MORIYA.
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Story Part 2 cheat is useful for JUZOH, AKARI, WASHIZUKA,
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 SHIKYOH, OKINA, and SHINGEN.
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 They MUST be activated on the character select screen.
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 ----------------------------------------------------------------
00000001 10AC43 00000006 FFFFFFFF Story Part 1 (Stage 7)
00000001 10AC43 00000007 FFFFFFFF Story Part 2 (Stage 8)
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000 The boss cheat must be activated on the Character Select screen.
00000001 10AC43 00000008 FFFFFFFF First Boss
00000001 10AC43 00000009 FFFFFFFF Final Boss.
62000001 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Next Cinematic Now! This cheat must be activated during any fight. After winning, you can see the cinematic.
00010001 10AC43 00000003 FFFFFFFF Middle Cinematic
00010001 10AC43 00000007 FFFFFFFF First boss Cinematic
00010001 10AC43 00000008 FFFFFFFF Inbetween Bosses Cinematic
00010001 10AC43 00000009 FFFFFFFF Ending Cinematic
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
83100000 10AC2C 00000100 00000180 Infinite Energy PL1
83100001 10AC2C 00000000 00000180 Drain All Energy Now! PL1
83000000 10AC2C 00000001 0000018C Always have Power "Power" Mode PL1
83000000 10AC2C 00000002 0000018C Always have Power "Speed" Mode PL1
83000000 10AC2C 00000040 0000018D Always have Maximum Power PL1 Power Bar display maybe incorrect though
83000000 10AC2C 00000000 0000018D Always have Minimum Power PL1
83000001 10AC2C 00000000 0000018D Drain All Power Now! PL1
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Character PL1
00010000 10EAAD 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kaede
00010000 10EAAD 00000001 FFFFFFFF Moriya
00010000 10EAAD 00000002 FFFFFFFF Yuki
00010000 10EAAD 00000003 FFFFFFFF Okina
00010000 10EAAD 00000004 FFFFFFFF Akari
00010000 10EAAD 00000005 FFFFFFFF Juzoh
00010000 10EAAD 00000006 FFFFFFFF Washizuka
00010000 10EAAD 00000007 FFFFFFFF Shikyoh
00010000 10EAAD 00000008 FFFFFFFF Amano
00010000 10EAAD 00000009 FFFFFFFF Lee
00010000 10EAAD 0000000A FFFFFFFF Zantetsu
00010000 10EAAD 0000000B FFFFFFFF Shigen
00010000 10EAAD 0000000C FFFFFFFF Musashi
00010000 10EAAD 0000000D FFFFFFFF Kagami
00010000 10EAAD 0000000E FFFFFFFF Awakened Kaede Need to be touched one time
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
83100000 10AC30 00000100 00000180 Infinite Energy PL2
83100001 10AC30 00000000 00000180 Drain All Energy Now! PL2
83000000 10AC30 00000001 0000018C Always have Power "Power" Mode PL2
83000000 10AC30 00000002 0000018C Always have Power "Speed" Mode PL2
83000000 10AC30 00000040 0000018D Always have Maximum Power PL2 Power Bar display maybe incorrect though
83000000 10AC30 00000000 0000018D Always have Minimum Power PL2
83000001 10AC30 00000000 0000018D Drain All Power Now! PL2
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Character PL2
00010000 10EAAF 00000000 FFFFFFFF Kaede
00010000 10EAAF 00000001 FFFFFFFF Moriya
00010000 10EAAF 00000002 FFFFFFFF Yuki
00010000 10EAAF 00000003 FFFFFFFF Okina
00010000 10EAAF 00000004 FFFFFFFF Akari
00010000 10EAAF 00000005 FFFFFFFF Juzoh
00010000 10EAAF 00000006 FFFFFFFF Washizuka
00010000 10EAAF 00000007 FFFFFFFF Shikyoh
00010000 10EAAF 00000008 FFFFFFFF Amano
00010000 10EAAF 00000009 FFFFFFFF Lee
00010000 10EAAF 0000000A FFFFFFFF Zantetsu
00010000 10EAAF 0000000B FFFFFFFF Shigen
00010000 10EAAF 0000000C FFFFFFFF Musashi
00010000 10EAAF 0000000D FFFFFFFF Kagami
00010000 10EAAF 0000000E FFFFFFFF Awakened Kaede Need to be touched one time
60000000 000000 00000000 00000000
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select Cartridge/NeoGeo Type Enable it DURING the neogeo bios booting sequence. If you miss the boot sequence reset and THEN enable it. The Home (NEOGEO) setting may open up other aspects of the game or it may even make the game unplayable.
00010000 10FD82 00000080 FFFFFFFF Arcade (MVS)
00010000 10FD82 00000000 FFFFFFFF Home (NEOGEO)

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