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Heavy Barrel

Heavy Barrel (XSX) game cover art
Platform: NES
Tags: Action
Developer: Data East

Publisher
Region
Released
NA
03/??/1990
JP
03/02/1990

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Heavy Barrel review

Reviewed June 17, 2004

deathspork says: "The overhead run 'n gunner is a genre that never quite came to fruition on the console front. The pioneering Ikari Warriors series, despite having three separate outings, could not overcome the dreadful archetype that defines it. Guerilla War seemed to get everything right, only to turn around and commit an unpardonable sin - players would infinitely re-spawn upon death, so if they wanted a challenge, they would need to imagine their own handicap. Unfortunately, Heavy Barrel..."
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