The Legend of Bishin
Race and fight through Neo Tokyo's gang-infested roads.
Zoku: The Legend of Bishin is a hybrid racing and beat 'em up video game developed and published by Magifact for the Super Famicom. It was released in 1993 exclusively in Japan.
Quick Facts
- Developer
- Magifact
- Composer
- Osamu Kido; Takeshi Sakamoto
- Released
- December 25, 1993 (JP)
- Genre
- Beat 'em up
- action
- racing
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Platforms
- Super Famicom
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Gameplay
The player drives an automobile through labyrinth-like roadways as either Koji or Lisa, fighting off roaming thugs. The driving segments resemble F-Zero and Spy Hunter. Failing to reach a destination on time results in a game over, and a Final Fight-type sequence begins if the vehicle has taken enough damage. A versus mode is available from the main menu, featuring Koji, Lisa, and bosses Lei-Fan, Miki & Aki, Miyabi, Flare, and Ryoko.
Plot
Set in and around Neo Tokyo after a new Great Depression of 2010 and a catastrophic eruption of Mount Fuji in 2020, the city becomes infested with motorcycle gangs. The all-female Bishin gang, led by Ryoko, dominates. Koji, a 20-year-old former boxer, and Lisa, a 16-year-old ex-Bishin member, are attacked; one is kidnapped. The other sets out to rescue their partner using Koji's Cobra 429 car, traveling through a desert, forest, volcano, super-highway, construction area, bayside highway, and the streets of Neo-Tokyo.
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